Said by: Shan Hai Jing, an important ancient book in China before Qin Dynasty, with unknown author.
This animal is shaped like a tiger and a leopard. Its head and tail are like dragons. Its body color is like gold and jade. It has a pair of wings on its shoulders, but it can't spread out. It has horns on its head and leans backwards.
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Literary value
The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a magical work with rich and varied contents, which contains valuable materials of geography, mythology, folklore, history of science, religion, ethnology, medicine and other disciplines, and its academic value involves many disciplines.
It systematically records the natural geographical elements and human geographical contents of China, such as mountains, hydrology, animals and plants, mineral deposits, national geography, economy, social and cultural customs, etc. After careful study and in-depth discussion, there will be no worries about new discoveries.
Although Shan Hai Jing is not a pure geography book, its geographical connotation is primary. It systematically describes the geographical features of various places from all directions, including natural geographical features and human geographical features.