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The Classic of Divine Wonders
Beyond the edges of the known world stand pillars of bronze holding up the sky, trees thousands of feet tall, giants who eat devils for breakfast, and a great bird with one wing over the Queen Mother of the West and the other over the King Father of the East. The Classic of Divine Wonders, attributed to the Han court jester and wit Dongfang Shuo, is a short catalogue of marvels arranged by the directions, in the manner of the Classic of Mountains and Seas: fabulous beasts, magical fruits, strange peoples and the spirits of the wilds. Each entry is brief, vivid and often comic. This complete new English translation gives all the surviving entries, from the Eastern Wilds to the Central Wilds, a perfect bedside book of Chinese wonder.
