The predecessors thought that the real authors of Shan Hai Jing were Yu, Bo Yi,. It was edited by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin in the Western Han Dynasty that a book handed down from generation to generation was formed. Now, many people think that the exact date and author of this book cannot be confirmed.

The title of Shan Hai Jing was first found in Shi Ji Da Wan Zhuan by Sima Qian, indicating that Sima Qian had read Shan Hai Jing.

Before Sima Qian, the title of Shan Hai Jing should have existed long ago, but the number of volumes was unknown. Before that, although there was no title of Shan Hai Jing, the literature of Shan Hai Jing should have existed long ago.

The version of Shan Hai Jing is more complicated. As you can see, the earliest version is the Biography of Mountains and Seas by Guo Pu, a scholar in Jin Dynasty, and the engravings of Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, but the original picture of Guo Ben has long been lost.

The most important version of ancient painting recognized by the academic circles is Zhu Guang, a Classic of Mountains and Seas by Wu Renchen in Qing Dynasty, which was written in 1667 (the sixth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty). It is the earliest edition of Shan Hai Jing in Qing Dynasty. This edition inherits the style of Zhang Sengyou in the Six Dynasties and Shu Ya in the Song Dynasty, with 7 1 frame.

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The main contents of Shan Hai Jing

Its content is mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains, rivers, nationalities, products, medicine, sacrifices, witch doctors and so on.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas also preserves many ancient myths, legends and fables that are well-known in China, including Kuafu in the daytime, Goddess of mending the sky, Jingwei Reclaiming the Sea, Dayu Harnessing Water, etc.

Shan Hai Jing not only preserves rich mythological materials, but also involves many academic fields, such as philosophy, aesthetics, religion, history, geography, astronomy, meteorology, medicine, animals, plants, minerals, folklore, ethnology, geology, oceanography, psychology, anthropology and so on. In Wang Yang there is unprecedented.

Shan Hai Jing, as an all-encompassing wonderful book, was once bluntly called "Shan Hai Jing is unbelievable" by Sima Qian in Historical Records and Biography of Dawan, because its description of geographical environment did not match the actual geography at that time.

Although later studies have proved the value of this book in mythology, folklore, paleogeography and so on, countless scholars have made endless research results on Shan Hai Jing, but compared with most ancient books, Shan Hai Jing is still the most mysterious one.

At the same time, the exotic animals, myths and legends recorded in The Classic of Mountains and Seas appeared as prototypes in countless later literary works.

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