Shan Hai Jing · Classics of Mountains and Seas

Picture Story

Hermaphrodite.

Mount Dan'ai.

Lei.

Xiangmao.

Born of clouds.

Bred in the south.

Both male

and female.

Joyfully

going it alone.

No envy,

no jealousy,

free and at ease —

a true divine bird.

Lei.

Part of the series · Shan Hai Jing · Classics of Mountains and Seas

Classics of Mountains and Seas: A Contemporary Monsterology · Seal Carving, Cinnabar Rubbings, Stitched Album