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Kuo P'o (editor ); Shan hai ching
(Collection of the Mountains
and Seas) (d324AD)
------------------------------------------------ Taken from: AC Moule; Some Foreign Birds and Beasts in Chinese Books
Also called Guo Pu. It is a compilation of much older texts.
The earliest mention of the zebra, and that rather open to doubt:There is an animal shaped like a horse, with a white head; striped like a tiger with a red tail. The sound is like yao (or a chant); the name is called lu-shu. If you wear it (?the skin) you are sure to have descendants. Note: the description of the animal is taken from the first part of his book which is devoted to China. Not to foreign countries. This puts great doubt on the identification. |
Many
animals and creatures are described in the book of which are given some examples.
