Mr. Chang Qing explained this in Shan Hai Jing Wisdom. Liars always follow certain rules when telling lies. For example, if he said that there were aliens on Mars, you certainly didn't know, and then he could cheat. If a liar tells you that the Yangtze River flows westward into the Mediterranean, you will definitely give him a big ear post. This is the problem. There are many rivers flowing westward in Shan Hai Jing, so this has been criticized by many people. However, 40 million years ago, the Yangtze River flowed westward into the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, there is no need for the author of Shan Hai Jing to take advantage of the danger of getting a big ear post at that time, saying that the Yangtze River flows eastward into the Yellow Sea.
Therefore, many previous claims that The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a fake have been denied one by one with the in-depth study of The Classic of Mountains and Seas.
Shan Hai Jing is mainly divided into two parts, mountain scenery and Hai Jing.
The Mountain Classic, also known as the Five Zang Mountain Classic, is definitely about the geography, history, animals and plants, specialties, customs, minerals, medicine and nationalities of China or other parts of the world (inconclusive) ... This should be summarized through official investigation activities in different periods, based on the survey before the map (if any).
The area described in Hai Jing is still inconclusive, but it is mainly divided into Chinese circle and world circle, and some researchers analyze it as a small area, such as Yunnan Province. Some scholars think that The Classic of the Sea is about geography and history, while others think that it is about the primitive calendar ... but what is certain is that the Classic of the Sea had pictures before it was written.
Due to the long history, many creatures in Shan Hai Jing can't be verified now (either extinct or renamed), but many studies in recent years show that many things recorded in Shan Hai Jing once existed in history, not fabricated at will, but are just incomprehensible to modern people.
There are three theories about the author of Shan Hai Jing.
One kind, unknown. Some people think that it is a record of ancient human life and even prehistoric civilization. So the author only knows who it is.
Secondly, regarding the Mountain Classics, some people think that it is an investigation of China's customs, culture and other things by the state specialized agencies during the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Therefore, the author should be an official institution and belong to the National Archives. .
Three kinds. 1, some people think it is a record of customs, geography, biology and other aspects of the place where Dayu passed during the flood control.
2. Some people think that it is a record of Liu Xin's on-the-spot investigation of China's geography and other affairs in Han Dynasty.
This book was written by others, such as Boyi.
Who is the author of Shan Hai Jing? Honestly, I don't know who it is. The problem is that no one can really tell who wrote this book.
In fact, in my opinion, the author of Shan Hai Jing is definitely not a person. At least Mountain Classic and Sea Classic are not the same person, because their writing methods are obviously different. For example, the Mountain Classic records that the relationship between mountains is "... 75 miles to the east ..." The coordinates and distances are quite clear; The Sea Classic records the relationship between countries. The coordinates and distance of "a country is in the east of a country" are quite vague, as if looking at a picture to explain it to people. In addition, it is estimated that the sea, the wilderness and the overseas in the Sea Classic were not written by one person, because many stories among them are repetitive, and the evaluation of the stories is obviously different.
There are many legendary stories recorded in The Classic of Mountains and Seas, mainly The Classic of Seas, such as Day by Day, and some stories that we are not familiar with, such as How to Take a Bath.
In addition, Mountain Classic also records many strange monsters, such as the fat legacy of Huashan in Xishan Classic. "There is a kind of snake called Pangyi, which has six feet and four wings. If you see it, there will be a drought in the world. " There is a kind of snake (Taihuashan) called flying wing, which has six feet and four wings. When you see this thing, there will be a drought in the world. In fact, in my opinion, this is not a monster at all. In Oracle Bone Inscriptions, "snake" and "insect" are actually the same word, but in reality there are too many things with six feet and four wings, such as mosquitoes and other insects, so the fat relic is actually just an insect. And the name "Fat Heritage" is also very interesting. "Fat legacy", fat is lost, is it thin? Ha ha. The ancients really used their brains to record things, haha.
The book Shan Hai Jing has been written for a long time, so it is completely different from many of our current views and understandings. For example, the shape of an animal or plant can only be recorded, but people at that time could understand it, and we can't understand it after 1000 years.
Speaking of which, it suddenly occurred to me that someone introduced a flea, "The head of a flea is very similar to the head of a horse …" Sorry, the head of a flea is the head of a horse, so … (10,000 words are omitted here), haha.