Every creature from the Classic of Mountains and Seas
The Shanhaijing (山海经, c. 4th century BCE) describes over 200 mythical beings — beasts that forecast empires, mountains that walk, and rivers that burn. This bestiary catalogs them with original-source texts, new English translations, and tabletop-ready stat blocks.
The Four Perils四凶 — Taotie, Hundun, Qiongqi, Taowu: China's villainous quartet, from exiled clans to man-eating beasts
The Four Divine四灵 — Qilin, Fenghuang, Tortoise, Dragon: the benevolent quartet of the Book of Rites
Real-World Theories 现实原型
Was the nine-tailed fox based on a real animal? Each page takes the internet's wildest origin theory seriously enough to check it — claim, evidence, what scholars say, and a verdict. Explore the theories.
Stories 民间故事
The bestiary tells you what each creature is; the stories tell you what it did — fox spirits, dynasty-killers, and the legend cycles behind the beasts, retold in English from public-domain sources. Read the stories.
Bifang 毕方 bì fāng Fierce Beast 凶兽 
Fenghuang 凤凰 fèng huáng Auspicious Beast 祥兽 
Hundun 混沌 hùn dùn Fierce Beast 凶兽 
Jingwei 精卫 jīng wèi Strange Being 异人 
Kua Fu 夸父 kuā fù Deity 神 
Kun-Peng 鲲鹏 kūn péng Divine Beast 神兽 
Nine-Tailed Fox 九尾狐 jiǔ wěi hú Auspicious Beast 祥兽 
Nüwa 女娲 nǚ wā Deity 神 
Qilin 麒麟 qí lín Auspicious Beast 祥兽 
Qiongqi 穷奇 qióng qí Fierce Beast 凶兽 
Queen Mother of the West 西王母 Xī Wángmǔ Deity 神 
Taotie 饕餮 tāo tiè Fierce Beast 凶兽 
Taowu 梼杌 táo wù Fierce Beast 凶兽 
Tiangou 天狗 tiān gǒu Strange Being 异人 
Xiangliu 相柳 xiāng liǔ Fierce Beast 凶兽 
Zhulong (Torch Dragon) 烛龙 zhú lóng Deity 神