The time when Shan Hai Jing was written.

Shan Hai Jing is an ancient book in the pre-Qin period and the oldest geography book full of myths and legends. It mainly describes ancient geography, products, myths, witchcraft and religion. , including 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 great controversy about these events. The most representative myth fable.

The author and completion time of Shan Hai Jing have not yet been determined. It used to be attributed to Dayu and Boyi. Modern China scholars generally believe that Shan Hai Jing was not written in a short time, nor was it written by one person. It was written by people from the early Warring States to Chu, Bashu, Dong, Qi and other places in the early Han Dynasty, and was not compiled into a book until the Western Han Dynasty. Many may come from oral legends.

As for the time and author of the Book of Mountains and Seas, (Xin) when sorting out the Book of Mountains and Seas, it was considered that it was written by Boyi's Tang Yushi. Sima Qian and Ban Gu both inherited this theory. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu believed that it was written by Qu Yuan after the Warring States Period. Contemporary scholars believe that the writing of Shan Hai Jing is more complicated, and it can't be done overnight. It is generally believed that the Mountain Classic, namely the Five Zang Mountain Classic, is the earliest book, which preserved many ancient hearsay materials, and it was produced no later than the middle and late Warring States period. Hai Jing and Huang Da Jing came into being later, but not later than the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. Due to the complexity of the content and writing of Shan Hai Jing, it is difficult to determine its specific author and writing year.