First of all, why Ji Xiaolan has the right to destroy The Classic of Mountains and Seas is related to Emperor Qianlong. Emperor Qianlong didn't want to seek common ground while reserving differences. He wants to unify the people's thoughts and put an end to all anti-Qing thoughts and books.
So he came up with a wonderful way to collect all the books in the world under the pretext of compiling Sikuquanshu. However, scholars who have experienced the catastrophe of words are afraid to take out their books easily for fear of being implicated.
So Ganlong began to induce slowly again. Emperor Qianlong repeatedly decreed that those who gave books were not convicted of book crimes, but only copied books and returned them after copying.
But in fact, Emperor Qianlong threatened and lured others, either explicitly or implicitly, in order to get everyone to hand in all the books at home. As a result, the gold-lettered jade character of Emperor Qianlong didn't count. Many of these books are contained in anti-books.
One of them is Shan Hai Jing. You know, all the books that Emperor Qianlong used to compile Sikuquanshu from his rule were destroyed. Moreover, those who collected books were also implicated in prison, and in short, the end was not good.
There is a record of violating the rule of Qianlong in Shan Hai Jing. According to Shan Hai Jing, there are not only yellow people in the world, but also races of other colors. The book says that there are a large number of primitive residents living somewhere. Their skin is as black as charcoal and they speak a fluent foreign language.
For a long time, the ancients thought that there was only one kind of yellow-skinned people, and their own race was the noblest. At this time, a dark-skinned race suddenly appeared in Shan Hai Jing. This is not conducive to Qianlong's idea of ruling the people, so Ji Xiaolan decided to destroy Shan Hai Jing to cover up this fact.