![]() It took this book until the chapters of things beyond the seas to describe people and it starts weirdly by describing people with holes in their chest. And I must say: Ancient egypt, ancient china, modern europe, what is it with people giving snakes wings? The gods in these book are all either quite animalistic, anthropomorphic or straight up unreal. Those particular critters just look spooky mostly. At least these destruction critters aren't the ones that you are supposed to eat to get better or be protected or be sexually attractive. Sure there are those that bring good things, but not many. ![]() And with all these crazy critters running around and being omens or something of destruction, it sounds like a shitty place to live. They put fantasy and horror games to shame. A fox with nine-tails and heads is one of the more conservative special critters here. ![]() And when it is stated that the river called Tailbanner apparently "contains numerous quick-horses they have an ox's tail, a white body, and a single horn", that sounds like the river is full of unicorns. And if this book describes a porcupine to look "like a hog but it has white hair that is as long as a large hairpin and black at the tip" who knows what sort of mundane animals hide behind the other descriptions. Mountain deities with a dragon body and a bird´s head are just different from the humanoid gods from East Asia that I´m used to. I believe that this book had more than one author over a long time, because the world it describes is all over the place and sometimes I wondered whether the writers just had fun with what they wrote here. Seems to be the most popular.I hate long introductions, especially when they are pointless and not even part of the original text. ![]() Illustrations of Tributaries, and Travel Accounts.īeen adpted into a number of modern dramas, of which this Memories of Foreign Lands in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Lust’sĬhinese Popular Prints also comes highly recommended, as do Mountains and Seas is an interesting read. Characters are the same across Chinese languages, but Mandarin resources are generally the easiest to find.Īnd its history is available on Chinaknowledge.Ĭhinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways through The HelloChinese app is also highly rated. If you do want to start learning Chinese, the BBC’s online Madarin course is very popular. To track down any full English translations online, although sectionsīirrell’s translation is popular, with helpful notes andĪccessed for free from The Chinese Text Project in TraditionalĪ scan of a beautiful printed copy from the early 17 thĬentury is available from the US Library of Congress via the Worldĭigital Library. The title isĪlso frequently romanised to Shan Hai Jing or Shan-Hai Ching, and mayīe seen in its Cantonese form of Sāan-hói Gīng. Is Imperial Librarian Liú Xiàng of the Western Han. Authorship is much debated, with the text oftenĪttributed to legendary figures such as Dà Yǔ or Yi. Theorise that the text is much older, dating back as far as the 4 thĬentury BCE. Which remains today was first penned in the Han Dynasty, but many Or The Classic of Mountains and Seas, is a collection of ancientĬhinese mythic compendium of geography and natural science. Mythologymatrix Originally from mythologymatrix So you want to read… The Classic of Mountains and Seas
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