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Classic of the Southern Mountains · Mount Niuyang

Lushu

鹿蜀

Beast

An original reconstruction in its Shanhai habitat

“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. Wearing it is said to benefit one's descendants.”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，佩之宜子孙。— Shanhaijing · Classic of the Southern Mountains

HISTORICAL IMAGE EVIDENCE · 古籍圖像依據

From a Ming line drawing to a living LushuOwner-supplied historical reference and original reconstruction

The historical line drawing makes the horse-shaped body and striped coat visible. The digital reconstruction keeps that equine foundation instead of illustrating the name as a deer.

IHISTORICAL SOURCE

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Historical line drawing of LushuHu Wenhuan, Xin ke Shanhaijing tu

Work: Hu Wenhuan, Xin ke Shanhaijing tu
Edition: Wenhuatang printing, 1593 (working identification)
Catalog status: Owner-supplied reference; exact folio, repository, and digital-object link remain to be catalogued.

P/ADIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION

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Lushu digital reconstructionShanhai Wonders™ | 山海萬象志

The reconstruction keeps features stated in the text and visible in the historical image. Material, colour, motion, habitat, and camera are original project decisions.

TEXT

Recorded in the text

Horse-shaped, white-headed, tiger-patterned and red-tailed; its call resembles a song, and wearing it is said to benefit descendants.

IMAGE

Visible in the historical image

A horse-like profile, long legs, striped body, pale head area, and long tail.

INFERENCE

Modern reconstruction

Coat material, red tail, musculature, gait, age, light, and the Niuyang habitat.

Cataloguing and use boundary

Owner-supplied reference; exact folio, repository, and digital-object link remain to be catalogued.

01 / FIELD NOTE

Field note

Horse-shaped, white-headed, tiger-patterned and red-tailed; its call resembles a song, and wearing it is said to benefit descendants.

02 / RECONSTRUCTION

Original reconstruction

Based on wild horse structure and deliberately not depicted as a deer.

Colour, material and movement not stated in the source are evidence-led artistic reconstructions.

CLASSIC STORY · 經典故事

A Token for Descendants

佩之宜子孫

Source belief + cultural reading

Lushu is not attached to a surviving heroic narrative. Its cultural motif centres on the claim that wearing it benefits descendants, reflecting an ancient association between strange animals, bodily materials and hopes for lineage. The project records this belief without presenting it as a modern medical or efficacy claim.

Reading boundary: the claim that wearing Lushu benefits descendants records an ancient belief; it is not modern medical, fertility, or efficacy advice.

THREE READING ANCHORS · 三個閱讀錨點

The name says deer; the body in the text says horse

Lushu rewards readers who separate its name, recorded anatomy, and ancient protective belief.

01 · SOURCE
Horse-shaped, white-headed, tiger-patterned, red-tailed
The Southern Mountains does not describe a deer. It records a horse-like creature whose call resembles a song.
02 · RECEPTION
An ancient hope for descendants
The phrase about wearing it belongs to a historical system linking unusual animals and bodily materials to family continuity.
03 · RECONSTRUCTION
A horse foundation prevents a misleading deer
The reconstruction begins with equine anatomy, then adds the recorded head, pattern, tail, and vocal character. Coat texture and habitat remain artistic choices.

LOCATION IN THE TEXT

Mount Niuyang

杻陽之山

W谣E

This diagram expresses textual direction and relation only; it does not claim unverified modern coordinates.

APPROVED SCENES · 場景展示

One being, across different moments of the Shanhai world.

Changing weather and habitat reveal different moments of life while the source-grounded identity remains consistent.

Drinking beside Guai WaterAt Guai Water, Lushu lowers its white head to drink as tiger markings and red tail meet the reflected light.

Song across the Cloud RidgeWind crosses the cloud ridge and Lushu's call travels through the valley like a song.

FREE WALLPAPERS · 免費壁紙

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SOURCES, READING & METHOD · 來源、閱讀與方法

Know what comes from the source—and what is reconstructed.

TEXT

Shanhaijing · Classic of the Southern Mountains

This profile begins with the passage associated with Mount Niuyang. Ancient text and modern explanation remain visibly separate.

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READING

Keep the reading boundary visible