Beyond the Seas: North海外北經
海外自東北陬至西北陬者。
These are the lands beyond the seas, from the northeast corner to the northwest corner.
無啓之國在長股東，為人無啓。
The land of Wuqi lies east of Changgu. Its people leave no offspring.
鍾山之神名曰燭陰，視為晝，瞑為夜，吹為冬，呼為夏，不飲，不食，不息，息為風，身長千里。在無啓之東。其為物，人面，蛇身，赤色，居鍾山下。
The god of Mount Zhong is called Zhuyin. When he opens his eyes it is day, and when he closes them it is night. When he blows it is winter, and when he breathes out it is summer. He does not drink, he does not eat, and he does not breathe. When he does breathe, it becomes wind. His body is a thousand li long. He is east of Wuqi. In form he has a human face and the body of a snake, and his color is red. He lives at the foot of Mount Zhong.
一目國在其東，一目中其面而居。
The land of Yimu lies east of it. A single eye sits in the middle of the face.
Interlinear notes 1
一作：一目中其面而居。一曰有手足
Some texts write, "A single eye sits in the middle of the face." Others write, "They have hands and feet."
柔利國在一目東，為人一手一足，反厀，曲足居上。一云留利之國，人足反折。
The land of Rouli lies east of Yimu. Its people have one hand and one foot. Their knees bend backward, and the bent foot points upward. One account calls it the land of Liuli and says that the people's feet are bent backward.
共工之臣曰相柳氏，九首，以食于九山。相柳之所抵，厥為澤谿。禹殺相柳，其血腥，不可以樹五穀種。禹厥之，三仞三沮，乃以為眾帝之臺。在昆侖之北，柔利之東。相柳者，九首人面，蛇身而青。不敢北射，畏共工之臺。臺在其東，臺四方，隅有一蛇，虎色，首衝南方。
A vassal of Gonggong was called Xiangliu. He had nine heads, and with them he fed on nine mountains. Wherever Xiangliu touched, marshes and streams formed. Yu killed Xiangliu, and his blood stank so that the five grains could not be sown there. Yu dug the place out, but three times he dug three fathoms deep and three times it collapsed. So he made of it a terrace for the many high gods. It lies north of Kunlun and east of Rouli. Xiangliu had nine heads with human faces, the body of a snake, and was green. No one dares shoot an arrow to the north, for they fear the terrace of Gonggong. The terrace lies east of it. The terrace is square, and at each corner there is a snake with the markings of a tiger, its head turned toward the south.
深目國在其東，為人深目，舉一手，一曰在共工臺東。
The land of Shenmu lies east of it. Its people have deep-set eyes and raise one hand. One account says it lies east of the terrace of Gonggong.
Interlinear notes 1
一作：為人舉一手一目，在共工臺東
Some texts write, "Its people raise one hand and one eye, and it lies east of the terrace of Gonggong."
無腸之國在深目東，其為人長而無腸。
The land of Wuchang lies east of Shenmu. Its people are tall and have no bowels.
聶耳之國在無腸國東，使兩文虎，為人兩手聶其耳。縣居海水中，及水所出入奇物。兩虎在其東。
The land of Nie'er lies east of the land of Wuchang. They drive two patterned tigers, and its people hold their ears with both hands. They live as if hung in the waters of the sea, and they reach the strange things where the water goes in and comes out. The two tigers are east of them.
夸父與日逐走，入日。渴，欲得飲，飲於河、渭，河、渭不足，北飲大澤。未至，道渴而死。棄其杖，化為鄧林。
Kuafu raced the sun and reached it. He grew thirsty and wanted a drink, and he drank from the Yellow River and the Wei. The Yellow River and the Wei were not enough, so he went north to drink from the great marsh. Before he arrived he died of thirst on the road. He threw away his staff, and it became Denglin.
夸父國在聶耳東，其為人大，右手操青蛇，左手操黃蛇。鄧林在其東，二樹木。一曰博父。
The land of Kuafu lies east of Nie'er. Its people are large. In the right hand they hold a green snake, and in the left hand a yellow snake. Denglin lies east of them, and it is two trees. One account calls it Bofu.
禹所積石之山在其東，河水所入。
The mountain where Yu piled up stones lies east of it. It is where the Yellow River enters.
拘癭之國在其東，一手把癭。一曰利癭之國。
The land of Juying lies east of it. They hold a goiter with one hand. One account calls it the land of Liying.
尋木長千里，在拘癭南，生河上西北。
The xunmu tree is a thousand li long and lies south of Juying. It grows to the northwest on the bank of the Yellow River.
跂踵國在拘癭南，其為人兩足皆支。一曰反踵。
The land of Qizhong lies south of Juying. Both feet of its people are split. One account calls it Fanzhong.
Interlinear notes 1
一作：其為人大，兩足亦大
Some texts write, "Its people are large, and their feet are large as well."
歐絲之野在反踵東，一女子跪據樹歐絲。
The field of Ousi lies east of Fanzhong. A woman kneels there, leaning against a tree and spitting out silk.
三桑無枝，在歐絲東，其木長百仞，無枝。
The three mulberry trees without branches lie east of Ousi. Those trees are a hundred fathoms tall and have no branches.
范林方三百里，在三桑東，洲環其下。
Fanlin, three hundred li square, lies east of the three mulberries, and a sandbank rings its base.
務隅之山，帝顓頊葬于陽。九嬪葬于陰。一曰爰有熊、羆、文虎、離朱、𩿨久、視肉。
This is Mount Wuyu. Zhuanxu is buried on its south side, and his nine consorts are buried on its north side. One account says that there are bears and brown bears here, and patterned tigers, lizhu, jiujiu birds, and shirou.
平丘在三桑東，爰有遺玉、青鳥、視肉、楊柳、甘柤、甘華，百果所生。有兩山夾上谷，二大丘居中，名曰平丘。
Pingqiu lies east of the three mulberries. Here there are youyu jade, green birds, shirou, willows, ganzha, and ganhua, and it is where the hundred fruits grow. Two mountains flank the upper valley, and two great hills lie between them. The place is called Pingqiu.
北海內有獸，其狀如馬，名曰騊駼。有獸焉，其名曰駮，狀如白馬，鋸牙，食虎豹。有素獸焉，狀如馬，名曰蛩蛩。有青獸焉，狀如虎，名曰羅羅。
Within the Northern Sea there is a beast shaped like a horse. It is called taotu. There is a beast here called bo, shaped like a white horse, with teeth like a saw, and it eats tigers and leopards. There is a white beast here shaped like a horse. It is called qiongqiong. There is a green beast here shaped like a tiger. It is called luoluo.
北方禺彊，人面鳥身，珥兩青蛇。踐兩青蛇。
Yuqiang of the north has a human face and the body of a bird. He wears two green snakes at his ears, and he treads on two green snakes.