山海經 by Anonymous

"山海經" by Anonymous is a Chinese classic text compiled during the early Han dynasty, though early versions may have existed since the 4th century BCE. This mythic compilation describes over 550 mountains and 300 channels across pre-Qin China, blending fabulous geography with cultural accounts and mythology. The work catalogs medicines, animals, geological features, and short myths through detailed descriptions organized by cardinal directions—mixing mundane observations with fanciful and strange creatures in a repetitious, encyclopedic format. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Anonymous
Title 山海經
Alternate Title Classic of the Mountains and Seas
Alternate Title Shan hai jing
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas
Credits Produced by Ting-wei You
Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language Chinese
LoC Class DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
Subject China -- Description and travel
Subject Mythology, Chinese
Subject Ethnology -- China
Category Text
EBook-No. 25288
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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