This one's pretty cool, guys. Today, we're going to take look at a short text that's almost 2000 years old. This passage comes from the 《山海经》[pinyin]shan1 hai3 jing1[/pinyin], or <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas">The Classic of Mountains and Seas</a></em>, an ancient compendium of mythological beasts that was formalized during the Han Dynasty - that's around the same time as the Roman Empire. 