Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer, Abridged — Volume 10
This excerpt forms the closing portion of the Literary Records (藝文志) section of the Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer, Abridged, followed by a Miscellaneous/Marvel Records (雜異) section. The poetry anthology, arranged chronologically by dynasty (Yuan, Ming, and the reigning Qing), collects verse by envoys, censors, prefects, and by successive Native Chieftain-Prefects of the Mu clan on subjects including local wine and festivals, border passes, the Jinsha River, Snow Mountain and Jade Lake, temples, farming instruction, and frontier military life. The Marvel Records that follow preserve local legends: Mai Zong, a Naxi man who gained the ability to understand birds; the one-horned beast that persuaded Chinggis Khan to abandon his campaign toward India; a mountain that split and shifted into the Jinsha River in 1480; the ceremonial dress and duties of native chieftaincy officials; the White Stone deity; a man who turned into a tiger; imperial parrot gifts; the 1624 apparition of the Star of Longevity; and a stone trough believed to predict the harvest.
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