The Classic Of Mountains And Seas Book

The classic of mountains and seas fourteenth book the classic of the great eastern waste.

The classic of mountains and seas book. The classic of mountains and seas also known as shan hai jing formerly romanized as the shan hai ching is a chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography and beasts. The classic of mountains and seas explores 204 mythical figures such as the gods foremost fond care and yellow and goddesses queen mother of the west and girl lovely as well as many other figures unknown outside this text. The great canyon beyond the eastern sea the poem called ts ang shan wu says that in the east there is a stream flowing in a bottomless ravine. The classic of mountains and seas.

This major source of chinese mythology third century bc to second century ad contains a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about the mythical figures rituals medicine natural history and ethnic peoples of the ancient world. The classic of mountains and seas a collation and connotion chinese edition chinese hardcover april 1 2014 by yuan ke author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The classic of the mountains and seas is a geographical gazetteer of ancient china and a catalogue of the natural and supernatural fauna and flora allegedly dating back to the 8th century bce and spanning a period of perhaps a millennium. 山海经 also known as shan hai jing formerly romanized as the shan hai ching is a chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography and beasts.

The creatures and stories in the book fascinated young people before children s literature was intentionally produced in china at the turn of the twentieth century. The classic of mountains and seas 山海经 a chinese classic text that first appeared as early as the fourth century bc describes mythical beings gods and deities. Traditionally ascribed to the mythical figure yu the great the classic of mountains and seas third century b c. To second century a d brings together a.

It is largely a fabulous geographical and cultural account of pre qin china as well as a collection of chinese mythology. The book is divided into eightee. The classic of mountains and seas chinese. Versions of the text may have existed since as early as the 4th century bc but the present form was not reached until the early han dynasty a few centuries later.

The classic of mountains and seas also known as shan hai jing or shan hai ching is an ancient compilation of early chinese mythic geography mythology and folklore compiled anonymously during the late warring states and the early han dynasty. It is supposed to be this canyon.