Shangao

The Cursing Beast

Fiery-red beast of Ku Mountain famous for its foul tongue in the Shanhaijing.

Shangao is the red beast of Ku Mountain, fiery as cinnabar, whose only recorded talent is a torrent of curses. The laconic Shanhaijing rarely grants personality; that it pauses to note this animal’s foul tongue makes Shangao one of its most memorable oddities.