Sima Qian referred to many ancient books when he wrote Historical Records, but his attitude towards Shan Hai Jing was:? I dare not speak? . In fact, even modern and contemporary people can't understand Shan Hai Jing, and they always feel that Shan Hai Jing is a book full of all kinds of myths and ghosts. In Lu Xun's A Chang and Shan Hai Jing, even Lu Xun thinks that Shan Hai Jing records ghosts. It can be seen that Shan Hai Jing is a difficult book to read, even in the eyes of modern and contemporary people, it is still at a loss. Then, it was more difficult for Sima Qian to study what Shan Hai Jing was saying, so he said it. I dare not speak? .
In fact, it is normal that Shan Hai Jing is difficult to read. First of all, The Classic of Mountains and Seas was not written overnight, but was continuously written and compiled by several generations. Secondly, Shan Hai Jing can't be read directly, but should be classified. It is not enough to read according to Shan Jing, Hai Jing and jing wong. When reading it, you'd better classify it yourself.
Nowadays, scholars have discovered many values of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, and some scholars have verified the scope of The Classic of Mountains and Seas around today's Shandong Province by interdisciplinary methods such as folklore and astronomy. They think that The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an ancient natural history, and the study of The Classic of Mountains and Seas has been written into a lost article.
Therefore, due to the singularity recorded in Shan Hai Jing and the complexity of the book, even Sima Qian dared not comment on Shan Hai Jing, but could only say? I dare not speak? .