Creatures / 012
Guàn Guàn
灌灌
Guàn Guàn – Bird
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A dove-like bird with a scolding call. Wearing it is said to protect against confusion.
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Classical text
Mountains & Seas · Southern Mountains
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A further 300 li east stands Mount Qīngqiū [青丘]. Its southern slope has much jade, its northern slope much Qīngwò [青雘]. There is a beast like a fox, with nine tails and a voice like an infant's. It eats people; whoever eats it is unharmed by venomous sorcery. There is a bird like a dove, whose voice resembles scolding. Its name is Guàn Guàn [灌灌]; whoever wears it is not bewildered. The Yīng [英] River rises here and flows south into Jíyì [即翼] Marsh. Within it are many Chì Rú [赤鱬], fish with human faces and voices like mandarin ducks. Whoever eats them is spared scabies.From the English edition of Mountains & Seas. Open the reader for the Chinese editions and translator’s notes. Linked names follow the card catalogue; hover to see the original wording.
Passage printed on the card
有鸟焉，其状如鸠，其音如呵，名曰灌灌，佩之不惑。Game card text
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