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Classic of the Northern Mountains · Mount Fajiu · Eastern Sea

Jingwei

精卫

BirdPilot editionResearch grade A
精卫原创完成合成图,动物姿态与环境关系已经校准原创完成合成 · 动物姿态 / 环境关系校准
It is shaped like a crow, with a patterned head, white beak and red feet, and is named Jingwei… It constantly carries wood and stones from the western mountains to fill the Eastern Sea.公版原文:其状如乌,文首、白喙、赤足,名曰精卫……常衔西山之木石,以堙于东海。— Shanhaijing · Classic of the Northern Mountains
CONTENT LAYERS

Know which layer you are reading

  1. 01Source text

    Words explicitly preserved in the public-domain Shanhaijing.

  2. 02Modern explanation

    A reading aid that is never presented as the ancient text itself.

  3. 03Original reconstruction

    Original inference for colour, ecology, movement, and sound absent from the text.

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VIDEO RECONSTRUCTION · LAYERED MOTION

Jingwei Video Reconstruction

The creature moves on an independent layer while mountains, rocks, and vegetation remain stable, combined with source text, reconstruction notes, and an original call.

01 / FIELD NOTE

Field note

The bird transformed from Nüwa after she drowned in the Eastern Sea. Crow-like, patterned-headed, white-beaked and red-footed, it carries wood and stone to fill the sea.

02 / RECONSTRUCTION

Original reconstruction

Corvid anatomy supports credible flight, with actions centred on gathering, crossing, dropping and returning. It is not humanised as a winged girl.

Colours, proportions, materials and movements absent from the source text are recorded as artistic inference in the production ledger.
03 / SOUND

Sound design

A two-beat motif embedded in corvid calls, without spoken modern language.

Original sound reconstruction · Not an authentic recording
LOCATION IN THE TEXT

Mount Fajiu · Eastern Sea

发鸠之山 · 东海
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This diagram expresses textual direction and relation only; it does not claim unverified modern coordinates.

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