Mu Tianzi Zhuan - Sino-Platonic Papers

YU Taishan, “The Communication Lines between East and West as Seen in the Mu Tianzi Zhuan”
Sino-Platonic Papers, 197 (January, 2010)
4.1 “On the day gengchen, [the Son of Heaven] arrived at the Tao River, the water supply
of the Zhuoyao.” The Tao River at which the Zhuoyao lived may be the present Yiwu River.
星星峽。
4.2 “辛巳,天子東征。癸未,至于蘇谷。骨飦氏之所衣被”。骨飦氏所居蘇谷,或卽
4.2 “On the day xinsi, the Son of Heaven proceeded eastward. On the day guiwei, he
arrived at the Su Valley, where the Gugan tribe obtained the materials for their clothes.” The Su
Valley where the Gugan lived may be the Xingxing Canyon.
4.3.1 “乃遂南征,東還。至于長Ꙡ,重豅氏之西疆。丁亥,天子升于長Ꙡ。乃遂東
征”。長Ꙡ,山名,或卽花牛山。
4.3.1 “Proceeding on southward and making his way back to the east, the Son of Heaven
arrived at [Mount] Changtan, the western frontier of the Chongong tribe. On the day dinghai, the
Son of Heaven ascended [Mount] Changtan, and then proceeded eastward.” “Changtan” is the
name of a mountain, which may be the present Mount Huaniu.
4.3.2 “庚寅,至于重豅氏黑水之阿。爰有野麥,爰有荅堇,西膜之所謂木禾,重豅
氏之所食”。“重豅氏黑水”,有別於卷二所見黑水,或卽疏勒河。
4.3.2 “On the day gengyin, [the Son of Heaven] arrived among the Chongyong tribe by
the Black River. There was wild wheat and the wild beans that the people of the western regions
named muho, which furnished the chief food supply of the Chongyong.” The Black River where
the Chongyong lived is different from the Black River as seen in chapter 2. This river may be the
present Shule River.
4.3.3 “爰有采石之山,重豅氏之所守。……五日丁酉,天子升于采石之山,于是取
采石焉。天子使重豅之民鑄以成器于黑水之上”。采石之山,或卽黑山。
4.3.3 “There was Mount Caishi ruled by the Chongyong…. On the day dingyou, the Son
of Heaven ascended Mount Caishi and mined for precious stones. The Son of Heaven ordered
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