Mutianzi Zhuan

穆天子傳 (Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven)

Anonymous / tradition · c. 370-330 BC (composition; the manuscript was recovered in AD 279 from a Warring States tomb at Jizhong) · Daliang, State of Wei (China) · other

King Mu of Zhou's legendary chariot journey to the far west, where he feasts with the goddess Xiwangmu, treats travel to the edge of the known world as a king's proper adventure rather than an abdication of his duties at home.