Nanshan Jing mainly records three series of mountains: Queshan, Guishan and Tianyu Mountain. The location, geographical features and main production of 40 peaks, including ancient history, vegetation, birds and animals, myths and religions. According to the orientation order of south, west, north, east and middle. It can be seen that the "Jing" here is closer to the meaning of "experience", even if it is not the author's personal experience, it is also experienced and legendary by others.
The so-called "Confucian classics" are books that serve as standards of thought, morality and behavior. , also known as religious books about doctrines, or monographs on certain things. Subdivided into: Taoist scriptures, Confucian scriptures and Buddhist scriptures. Nanshan Jing is obviously not this kind of book.