1 2 Elegies of Chu "Questions to Heaven" quote: "蓱號起雨，何以興之？" translation based on Mair (1994): "The pluvial sprite cries out for rain to start falling; How does he bring it about? "
↑ Elegies of Chu, "Far Roaming" quote: "左雨師使徑侍兮，右雷公以為衛。" translation: "On the left, the Rain Master is employed to serve me on my path; on the right, the Thunder Duke is hired as my bodyguard."
↑ Classic of Mountains and Seas, "Beyond the Seas - East"; quote: "雨師妾在其北，其為人黑，兩手各操一蛇，左耳有青蛇，右耳有赤蛇。一曰在十日北，為人黑身人面，各操一龜。" translation: "The Rain Master's Concubine is to the north of [the Fusang tree (扶桑) and the Hot-Water Dale (湯谷)]; her body is black, each of her two hands holds a snake; on her left ear is a green snake, and on her right ear a red snake. Another says that to the north of the ten suns there is a black-bodied, human-faced person whose each [hand] holds a turtle."
