01695cam a22003613u 4500 25288 UtSlPG 20260610133559.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 DS Anonymous 山海經 Classic of the Mountains and Seas Shan hai jing Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Mountains_and_Seas Release date is 2008-05-02 Produced by Ting-wei You "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.) Original publication data not identified China -- Description and travel Mythology, Chinese Ethnology -- China https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25288 66289 66289