Friday, August 10, 2012
The Mountain Spirit Comments
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There seem to be a man in the deep mountain,
Clad in creeping vine and girded with ivy,
With a charming look and a becoming smile.
'Do you admire me for my lovely form?'
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Qu Yuan
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12/10/2025 10:34:58 AM # 1.0.0
The person in the poem was a female, a deity of the mountain, Shan Gui ?? (mountain ghost) . Her counter part was a male deity of the river, named Hé bó ?? (river uncle) . They were the deities of the early Chinese shamanism. The author, Qu Yuan, might make this a metaphor of a dismissed patriotic royal official (himself) longing to gain favor and back to services of the country.