Shan Hai Jing is an important ancient book in the pre-Qin period and the oldest geography book full of myths and legends. Book 18 volumes, including 5 volumes of Mountain Scenery, 8 volumes of Sea Classic and 5 volumes of Wild Classic. The content is all-encompassing, mainly describing ancient geography, animals, plants, minerals, myths, witchcraft, religion and so on. , as well as ancient history, medicine, folk customs, nationalities and so on. In addition, Shan Hai Jing also recorded some strange events in the form of a running account, and there is still a big debate about these events. The most representative myths and fables are Kuafu's daily life, Goddess mending the sky, Jingwei filling the sea, Dayu controlling water, workers falling into the sky, killing animals in nine days and so on. The exact date and author of this book cannot be verified. It is generally believed that it was not written in an instant, nor was it written by an author.
Catalogue of mountain and sea classics
mountain scenery
The first volume Nanshan Jing
The second volume "Xishan Jing"
The third volume Beishan Jing
The fourth volume Dongshan Jing
The fifth volume "Zhongshan Jing"
seascape
The sixth volume "overseas south classics"
Volume VII Overseas Western Classics
Volume VIII Overseas North Economics
Volume 9 Overseas East longitude
Volume 10 "Southern Ancient and Modern Chinese and Foreign Masterpieces"
The eleventh volume "domestic xiking"
Volume 12 "China Northern Classics"
Volume 13 "Dongjing Home"
Wild classic
Volume 14 Wild East longitude
Volume 15 Wild South Classic
Volume 16 Wild West Classic
Volume 17 Wild Northern Classics
Volume 18 of Neijing