Beyond the Seas: East海外東經
海外自東南陬至東北陬者。
These are the lands beyond the seas, from the southeast corner to the northeast corner.
𨲠丘，爰有遺玉、青馬、視肉、楊桃、甘柤。甘華，百果所生。在東海，兩山夾丘，上有樹木。一曰嗟丘，一曰百果所在，在堯葬東。
This is Chaqiu. Here there are youyu jade, green horses, shirou, yangtao, ganzha, and ganhua, and it is where the hundred fruits grow. It lies in the Eastern Sea. Two mountains flank the hill, and there are trees on top of it. One account calls it Chaqiu. Another says it is where the hundred fruits are, and that it lies east of the burial place of Yao.
大人國在其北，為人大，坐而削船。一曰在镸𨲠丘北。
The land of Daren lies north of it. Its people are large, and they sit and carve boats. One account says it lies north of Chaqiu.
奢比之尸在其北，獸身、人面、大耳，珥兩青蛇。一曰肝榆之尸，在大人北。
The corpse of Shebi lies north of it. It has the body of a beast, a human face, and large ears, and it wears two green snakes at its ears. One account calls it the corpse of Ganyu and says it lies north of Daren.
君子國在其北，衣冠帶劍，食獸，使二文虎在旁，其人好讓不爭。有薰華草，朝生夕死。一曰在肝榆之尸北。
The land of Junzi lies north of it. They wear robes and caps and gird on swords, and they eat beasts. They drive two patterned tigers at their side, and its people are fond of yielding and do not quarrel. There is the xunhua plant, which is born in the morning and dies in the evening. One account says it lies north of the corpse of Ganyu.
𧈫𧈫在其北，各有兩首。一曰在君子國北。
Honghong lies north of it. Each of them has two heads. One account says it lies north of the land of Junzi.
朝陽之谷，神曰天吳，是為水伯。在𧈫𧈫北兩水間。其為獸也，八首人面，八足八尾，背青黃。
This is the valley of Zhaoyang. Its god is called Tianwu, and he is the lord of the waters. He lies north of Honghong, between two rivers. As a beast he has eight heads with human faces, eight feet, and eight tails, and his back is green and yellow.
青丘國在其北，其人食五穀，衣絲帛。其狐四足九尾。一曰在朝陽北。
The land of Qingqiu lies north of it. Its people eat the five grains and wear silk. The foxes there have four feet and nine tails. One account says it lies north of Zhaoyang.
Interlinear notes 1
一作：青丘國在其北，
Some texts write, "The land of Qingqiu lies north of it."
帝命豎亥步，自東極至于西極，五億十選九千八百步。豎亥右手把筭，左手指青丘北。一曰禹令豎亥。一曰五億十萬九千八百步。
The High God commanded Shuhai to pace it out, and from the eastern limit to the western limit it was five hundred million, ten xuan, nine thousand eight hundred paces. Shuhai held counting rods in his right hand and pointed with his left to the north of Qingqiu. One account says that Yu ordered Shuhai to do it. Another says five hundred million, one hundred thousand, nine thousand eight hundred paces.
黑齒國在其北，為人黑，食稻啖蛇，一赤一青，在其旁。一曰：在豎亥北，為人黑首，食稻使蛇，其一蛇赤。
The land of Heichi lies north of it. Its people are black, and they eat rice and chew snakes. One snake is red and one is green, and they are at their side. One account says it lies north of Shuhai, and that its people have black heads, eat rice, and drive snakes, one of which is red.
下有湯谷。湯谷上有扶桑，十日所浴，在黑齒北。居水中，有大木，九日居下枝，一日居上枝。
Below it lies the valley of Tanggu. Above Tanggu stands the fusang tree, where the ten suns bathe. It lies north of Heichi. It stands in the water, and there is a great tree. Nine suns are on its lower branches, and one sun is on its upper branch.
雨師妾國在其北，其為人黑，兩手各操一蛇，左耳有青蛇，右耳有赤蛇。一曰在十日北，為人黑身人面，各操一龜。
The land of Yushiqie lies north of it. Its people are black, and each of their two hands holds a snake. There is a green snake at the left ear and a red snake at the right ear. One account says it lies north of the ten suns, and that its people have black bodies and human faces and each of them holds a turtle.
玄股之國在其北，其為人股黑，衣魚食䳼，使兩鳥夾之。一曰在雨師妾國北。
The land of Xuangu lies north of it. The thighs of its people are black. They clothe themselves in fish skin and eat gulls, and they drive two birds to keep at their side. One account says it lies north of the land of Yushiqie.
Interlinear notes 1
一作：其為人衣魚食䳼
Some texts write, "Its people clothe themselves in fish skin and eat gulls."
毛民之國在其北，為人身生毛。一曰在玄股北。
The land of Maomin lies north of it. Hair grows on the bodies of its people. One account says it lies north of Xuangu.
勞民國在其北，其為人黑，食果草實。有一鳥兩頭。或曰教民。一曰在毛民北，為人面目手足盡黑。
The land of Laomin lies north of it. Its people are black, and they eat the fruits of trees and the seeds of plants. There is a bird there with two heads. Some call them Jiaomin. One account says it lies north of Maomin, and that the faces, eyes, hands, and feet of its people are all black.
東方句芒，鳥身人面，乘兩龍。
Goumang of the east has the body of a bird and a human face, and he rides two dragons.
建平元年四月丙戌，待詔太常屬臣望校治，侍中光祿勳臣龔、侍中奉車都尉光祿大夫臣秀領主省。
In the fourth month of the first year of Jianping, on the day bingxu, Wang, a subject in attendance on command in the office of the Chamberlain for Ceremonials, collated and corrected it. Gong, a subject serving as Palace Attendant and Superintendent of the Imperial Household, and Xiu, a subject serving as Palace Attendant, Commandant of the Imperial Equipages, and Grandee of the Palace, took charge and examined it.