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This is the region within the seas, eastward from the northwestern corner.

The Xiōngnú [匈奴], the country of Kāití [開題], and the country of Lièrén [列人] all lie in the northwest. Èrfù [貳負]'s minister is called Wēi [危]. Wēi [危] and Èrfù [貳負] killed Yà Yǔ [窫窳]; the High God therefore put him in Divine Shackles on Mount Shūshǔ [疏屬], shackling his right foot, binding his hands behind him, and tying him to a tree upon the mountain. This is northwest of Kāití [開題].

There is a person called Dà Xíng Bó [大行伯], holding a Dagger-Axe. East of him is the country of Quǎnfēng [犬封]. Corpse of Èr Fù lies east of Dà Xíng Bó [大行伯].

The country of Quǎnfēng [犬封] is also called Quǎn Róng [犬戎]; its inhabitants resemble dogs. A woman kneels, presenting food in a cup. There is a patterned horse with a white body, vermilion mane, and eyes like gold, called Jí Liàng [吉量]. Whoever rides it lives a thousand years.

The country of Guǐ [鬼] lies north of Èrfù [貳負]'s corpse. Its beings have human faces and one eye. Another account places the god Èrfù [貳負] to its east, with a human face and snake body. The Táo Quǎn [蜪犬] resembles a dog, blue-green in colour; it eats people beginning at the head.

Qióng Qí [窮奇] resembles a Hǔ, with wings. It eats people beginning at the head; those it eats have unbound hair. It lies north of the Táo Quǎn [蜪犬]. Another account says it begins at the feet.

Emperor Yáo [堯]'s terraces, Emperor Kù [嚳]'s terraces, Emperor Dānzhū [丹朱]'s terraces, and Emperor Shùn [舜]'s terraces number two apiece. They are square and lie northeast of Kūnlún [昆侖].

The Dà Fēng resembles a grasshopper. The Zhū É resembles a moth.

The Jiǎo [蟜] has a human form with tiger markings and flesh upon its shins. It lies east of Qióng Qí [窮奇]. Another account says it is shaped like a person and is found north of the height of Kūnlún [昆侖].

The Tà Fēi [闒非] has a human face and a beast's body, blue-green in colour.

Corpse of Jù Bǐ has a broken neck, unbound hair, and one hand missing.

The Huán Gǒu [環狗] has a beast's head and a human body. Another account describes a hedgehog-like being, shaped like a dog and yellow in colour.

The Wà [𥘯] has a human body, a black head, and vertical eyes.

The Róng [戎] has a human head and three horns.

The country of Línshì [林氏] has a precious beast as large as a Hǔ, complete in five colours, with a tail longer than its body. Its name is Zōu Wú [騶吾]. Riding it, one travels a thousand li in a day.

South of the height of Kūnlún [昆侖] is Fànlín [氾林] Forest, three hundred li square.

The Cóngjí [從極] Pool is three hundred ren deep, and Bīng Yí [冰夷] always dwells there. Bīng Yí [冰夷] has a human face and rides two dragons. Another account calls it Zhōngjí [忠極] Pool.

The Hé [河] issues from within Mount Yángwū [陽汙]; the Hé [河] also issues from within Mount Língmén [淩門].

The Corpse of Wáng Zǐ Yè has its hands, thighs, chest, head, and teeth all severed and scattered in different places.

The Dà Zé is a hundred li square, where the many birds breed and shed their feathers. It lies north of Yànmén [鴈門].

Wild geese emerge between the heights of Mt. Yàn Mén [鴈門], north of Gāoliǔ [高柳].

Gāoliǔ [高柳] lies north of Dài [代].

Shùn [舜]'s wife, Lady Dēngbǐ [登比], bore Xiāo Míng & Zhú Guāng, who dwell at the great marsh of the Hé [河]. The spirits of the two daughters can illuminate a hundred li square around that place. Another account gives their mother's name as Lady Dēngběi [登北].

The Dōnghú [東胡] lie east of the great marsh.

The Yí [夷] people lie east of the Dōnghú [東胡].

The country of Mò [貊] lies northeast of the Hàn [漢] River. Its territory is near Yàn [燕], which destroyed it.

The Mèng Niǎo [孟] lies northeast of the country of Mò [貊]. It is patterned in red, yellow, and blue-green, and faces east.