Question 2: Is Shan Hai Jing really an ancient book in pre-Qin period, and its essence is full of myths.
It mainly describes ancient geography, products, myths, witchcraft and religion, and also includes ancient history, medicine, folk customs and nationalities. In addition, Shan Hai Jing also recorded some strange events, such as Kuafu's day by day, The goddess patching the sky, Jingwei's reclamation, and Yu's flood control.
to sum up, the contents in Shan Hai Jing are both true and false.
Question 3: Is what Shan Hai Jing said true or not? I tend to be true. After all, there are many records that still have textual research. Of course, there are many things that are unconstrained for us, but just because we can't understand them doesn't mean they don't exist. Even if technology is developed, there are still mysteries that we can't solve.
Question 4: Can Shan Hai Jing be trusted? The introduction of Shan Hai Jing is not about the geography of China, but about America. The original text is as follows:
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I first learned that The Classic of Mountains and Seas has something to do with America. In the book Who Arrived in America First written by Lian Yunshan, I read an introduction:
American scholar Dr. Mozi studied The Classic of Mountains and Seas. According to the scripture, the Dongshan Classic was in China, and he was in North America, trying to make an investigation according to the classics. The Pacific coast of Rocky Mountains, Nevada Mountains, Cascade Mountains and Coastal Mountains in the central and western parts of the United States are completely consistent with the four mountain ranges, peaks, rivers, animals and plants, and the distance between mountains and mountains recorded in Dongshan Jing ... < P > It's really surprising: an American studied Shan Hai Jing, which is difficult for China scholars to read, and based on this, he found China.
this incident really fascinates me.
After work, I read the preface written by Mr. Jia Lanpo for PALE INK, a book written by this American doctor. What surprised me even more was that the American scholar who explored several mountains in America with his feet turned out to be a respectable lady. Perhaps it is the translations of different translators that make Mr. Lian Yunshan compare Henry Aite? Mez mistook men for men; Perhaps it is that the person who ventured through the four mountains alone can't be a woman. Some translators translate the doctor's name (Henrietta Mertz) into Henrietta? Mo Zhi, in this way, China readers will know that she is a woman at a glance. And Yuan Xianlu, an overseas reporter of People's Daily, translated the name of the interviewee into: Henriette? Mertz.
As far as I know, Mr. Yuan Xianlu is the first senior journalist to visit Dr. Mertz in Chinese mainland. Regrettably, when I searched for Mr. Yuan Xianlu's wife, Ms. Yao Di, I learned that Mr. Yuan had died. As for Dr. Mertz, when Yuan Xianlu visited her in the early 198s, she was over eighty years old. Now, twenty years later, it is depressing to think that she is no longer alive. Fortunately, Mr. Yuan Xianlu left us an article "Ink is light and strong" (1). After reading this interview, we seem to follow Mr. Yuan and visit Ms. Mertz on the sunny southeast lakeside of Chicago.
and the book she left behind that soaked her hard work.
In the preface to this book, Dr. Mertz recalls that she was first influenced by Edward Vining's related works, and carefully studied China's ancient classic Shan Hai Jing translated by Weining. So, "these chapters in Shan Hai Jing caught my attention. I also set out to check the ancient books, and traced them for miles and miles and drew a map ... "
What a shame! A valuable book handed down from ancient times in China has been rediscovered by some European and American scholars.
Shan Hai Jing is the oldest geographical and historical work in the world. In the Qing Dynasty, Bi Yuan made textual research on "Yu Yi, Zhou Qin, Han, Ming Jin". However, because it was written too early, and it was difficult to textual research because of the inclusion of strange stories and legends of gods and monsters, for more than 2, years, there have been skeptics who thought that the book was "awkward and strange", and even Sima Qian said, "I dare not say anything about all the monsters in the mountains and seas of Yu Benji." In Qing Dynasty, Ji Xiaolan compiled Sikuquanshu, and simply classified Shan Hai Jing as a kind of strange novels. Lu Xun also thought that the Book of Mountains and Seas was "a book of ancient wizards" because it recorded many religious activities of witches worshipping gods. Gu Jiegang, the master of ancient doubt, denied it completely. Of course, it is also like when Liu Xiang and Liu Xiu (Xin) and his son revised the book in the Western Han Dynasty, they gave it to Emperor Han Chengdi, arguing that "Shan Hai Jing" is the legacy of sages, and the ancient prose is also famous. Its quality is clear and credible. "
In recent years, the voice of the academic circles for Shan Hai Jing has become increasingly high. Some scholars have judged the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and think that all kinds of mountain gods in the book are "bird heads", "sheep faces", "dragon heads and birds", "dragon heads and horses" and "snake faces", etc., but they are actually totem statues and compound totem statues of primitive ancestors, which originated from the unique totem worship of ancestors. This explanation is reasonable. As for the wizard's worship of gods, it is a daily religious activity of ancient tribes. The original meaning of witchcraft refers to people who know astronomy and geography, and they are people who take the place of people to undertake God's will. Therefore, in primitive primitive society, tribal chiefs often have the duty of wizards and lead all the people to worship the gods. ......> >
Question 5: Is the Classic of Mountains and Seas true or false?
Question 6: Will the Classic of Mountains and Seas be true or not? The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an ancient book of China, which was written by Chu or Bashu people from the middle and late Warring States Period to the early Han Dynasty. It is also an absurd and fantastic book. The contents of Shan Hai Jing are mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Taoism, nationalities, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors and so on. It has preserved many well-known ancient myths and legends and fables, including Kuafu Day by Day, The goddess patching the sky, Jingwei Reclamation and Dayu Water Control. -Common sense literature.
Question 7: How do experts see the authenticity of the Classic of Mountains and Seas? The Classic of Mountains and Seas has certain reliability, because some of the addresses mentioned in it can be verified, but after all, it is an ancient book in the pre-Qin period. Crustal movement and species extinction in the past thousand years have also made most of the references disappear.
Moreover, some records of Shan Hai Jing are really ridiculous, such as Kuafu, which reduces the authenticity.
The authenticity of Shan Hai Jing is a matter of opinion. It depends on your own opinion. If you believe it, you will not believe it. Now many experts' explanations will not be completely correct.