Another book, probably written in the fourth century,9 tells of a deliciously edible tree- climbing turtle of Kwangtung l? of tropical seas seems to appear in
ANCIENT CHINA BY EDWARD H SCHAFER (University of California, Berkeley) Many persons augment their enjoyment in watching wild birds and harmless
Southern China had long been known for the distinctiveness of its “magico-religious” Edward H Schafer, The Vermillion Bird: T'ang Images of the South,
A STUDY OF T'ANG EXOTICS Berkeley Los Angeles London by Edward H Schafer rivals, such as the men of Nan-chao, invaders now of the ancient Chinese pro-
Eating Turtles in Ancient China Author(s): Edward H Schafer Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol 82, No 1 (Jan - Mar , 1962), pp 73-74
are not many of these in literary Chinese, if we except the ancient EDWARD SCHAFER 3 might have been revealed to the reader about Chinese belief and