Editing Mermaid (section)

=== Qing dynasty China ===
The ''Yuezhong jianwen'' ({{zh|t=粵中見聞|w=Yueh-chung-chieh-wen}}; "Seens and Heards", or "Jottings on the South of China", 1730) contains two accounts concerning mermaids. In the first, a man captures a mermaid ({{zh|海女|labels=no}} "sea woman") on the shore of <!--Namtao-->[[Lantau Island]] ({{zh|大嶼山|w=Taiyü-shan}}).<!--Styled as 大魚山 "Big fish mount" in orig. text--> She looks human in every respect except that her body is covered with fine hair of many colors. She cannot talk, but he takes her home and marries her. After his death, the mermaid returns to the sea where she was found. In the second story, a man sees a woman lying on the beach while his ship was anchored offshore. On closer inspection, her feet and hands appear to be webbed. She is carried to the water, and expresses her gratitude toward the sailors before swimming away.<ref>{{cite book|last=Dennys |first=Nicholas Belfield |title=The Folk-Lore of China, and Its Affinities with That of the Aryan and Semitic Races |publisher=Trübner and Co |year=1876 |url=https://archive.org/details/folklorechinaan00denngoog |pages=[https://archive.org/details/folklorechinaan00denngoog/page/n131 114]–115}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Fan |editor-first=Duan'ang 范端昂 |title=Yuezhong jianwen |script-title=zh:粤中见闻 |place=Guangdong |publisher=Guangdonggaodeng jiaoyu chubanshe |year=1988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aT8yAAAAMAAJ |page=134|isbn=9787536100862 }}</ref>