Shan Hai Jing has 18 articles. It is said that the original 22 articles are about 3 1000 words, including 5 mountain classics, 4 overseas classics, 5 domestic classics and 4 wild classics. Hanshu 13, excluding Ye Jing and Jia Jing. The contents of the book are divided into five yue classics and four overseas classics as a group; There are 4 chapters in Haineijing; The five wilderness classics at the end of the book and 1 domestic classics are considered as a group. The organizational structure of each group has its own starting point and ending point, which runs through the whole process and has a purpose. A group of Five Classics of Tibetan Mountain is divided into chapters in the order of south, west, north, east and middle, and each chapter is divided into several sections. The former section and the latter section are connected by related sentences, which makes the relationship between the sections very clear. Mountain Classic mainly records the distribution of mountains, rivers, animals, plants and minerals. The overseas classics in Hai Jing mainly record the peculiar features of overseas countries. Haineijing mainly records the magical things in the sea; Huangdi Neijing mainly records many important mythological materials related to Huangdi, Nu Wa and Dayu.
This book records these things one by one by region rather than by time. Most of the recorded things start from the south, then go west, then go north, and finally reach the central part of the mainland (Kyushu). Kyushu is surrounded by China's East Sea, West Sea, South China Sea and North Sea. In ancient China, The Classic of Mountains and Seas has always been regarded as a historical book and a necessary reference book for China historians. Because of its long history, it is valuable for studying ancient history, geography, culture, Chinese and foreign transportation, folk customs, myths and so on.