Original reconstruction
Based on wild horse structure and deliberately not depicted as a deer.
Colours, proportions, materials and movements absent from the source text are recorded as artistic inference in the production ledger.Classic of the Southern Mountains · Mount Niuyang
Lushu
鹿蜀
原创完成合成 · 动物姿态 / 环境关系校准“It is shaped like a horse with a white head, tiger-like markings and a red tail. Its call resembles song, and its name is Lushu.”公版原文：其状如马而白首，其文如虎而赤尾，其音如谣，其名曰鹿蜀。— Shanhaijing · Classic of the Southern Mountains
CONTENT LAYERS
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- 01Source text
Words explicitly preserved in the public-domain Shanhaijing.
- 02Modern explanation
A reading aid that is never presented as the ancient text itself.
- 03Original reconstruction
Original inference for colour, ecology, movement, and sound absent from the text.
Lushu 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
Horse-shaped, white-headed, tiger-patterned and red-tailed; its call resembles a song.
Sound design
Horse calls blended with melodic low vocalisation.
Original sound reconstruction · Not an authentic recordingMount Niuyang
杻阳之山W谣E
This diagram expresses textual direction and relation only; it does not claim unverified modern coordinates.