山海經Reading room

The singular pronoun is conventionally understood to refer to 危. The wording about his hands and hair is retained from this version.

流沙 is a named tract of shifting or flowing sand, not securely a conventional river. The source describes its course with river-like verbs, which are retained.

The alternative sentence repeats “district” language in a difficult way; it is not harmonised with a later administrative map.

Tree-grain, 木禾, is a wondrous cereal growing like a tree. Xun, ren, and the girth measure 圍 are ancient units, left unconverted. The epithet 仁羿 is retained as “benevolent 羿.”

The repeated directions are retained from the source; they have not been reconciled with a modern map.

瞂 is an ancient shield-word; the birds' unusual adornment is retained. 聖木曼兌 and 挺木牙交 admit other divisions and readings. Shì Ròu [視肉] is a wondrous flesh-like being or substance, explained in later commentary as self-renewing.

距 in the healing clause is difficult; “restore” follows the traditional understanding that the shamans seek to revive him.

This list is textually disordered. Its uncertain sequence is 鳥秩樹，于表池樹木; the translation preserves the intelligible items without inventing a connected scene. Jiāo [蛟] is a dragon-like aquatic creature, and Wèi [蜼] a traditionally long-tailed monkey-like animal.

The posture-word 梯 is difficult; leaning against a stand follows a traditional interpretation. 勝 is an ancient hair ornament or headdress.