Jingwei (精卫)

 The description from Classic of Mountains and Seas

“又北二百里曰发鸠之山。其上多柘木。有鸟焉,其状如乌,文首、白喙、赤足,名曰精卫,其名自[言交]。是炎帝之少女,名曰女娃。女娃游于东海,溺而不返,故为精卫。常衔西山之木石,以堙于东海。漳水出焉,东流注于河。”

There is a mountain names Fajiu, on which there are lush zucchini trees. There is a bird in the mountains, its shaped like a crow, head with pattern, white peak, and red foot. Its name is Jingwei, and the sound it makes is same as its own name. Jingwei bird was the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, named Nuwa. The girl went to play in the East Sea. She drowned in the sea and never return, then she became Jingwei. Jingwei often hold stone from West Mountain and try to fill the East Sea. Zhangshui is from the West Mountain and flows into the Yellow River.

The description in other historical records

Baopuzi (抱朴子)

"精卫填海,交让递生"

Jingwei fill the sea, and delivery the survival.

Bowuzhi (博物志)

"有鸟如乌,文首、白喙、赤足,名曰精卫。故精卫常衔西山之木石,以填东海。"

There is a bird like a crow, with a written head, a white beak, and bare feet, and is called Jingwei. Therefore, Jingwei often titled the wood and stone of the Western Mountains to fill the East China Sea.

Shuyiji (述异记)

"昔炎帝女溺死东海中,化为精卫,其名自呼。每衔西山木石填东海。偶海燕而生子,生雌状如精卫,生雄如海燕。今东海精卫誓水处,曾溺于此川,誓不饮其水。一名鸟誓,一名冤禽,又名志鸟,俗呼帝女雀。"

In the past, the daughter of Emperor Yan was drowned in the East China Sea and turned into Jingwei, and her name was called herself. Each title of Xishan wood and stone fills the East China Sea. Occasionally, a sea swallow gives birth to a son, the female is like Jingwei, and the male is like a sea swallow. Today, Jingwei in the East China Sea swore at the water, once drowned in this river, and swore not to drink its water. A bird oath, a grievance bird, also known as the bird, the vulgar emperor female bird.


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