We have always known that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is a chinese mythological and legendary storybook, and the well-known mythological stories that we have learned since childhood come from here.
It is also known as a Chinese book of the world, because it records a lot of strange animals, plants, and some geography and humanities, when Ji Xiaolan read this book, he saw that there were things about the villain country, and Ji Xiaolan saw these descriptions, thinking that it would affect the rule of the country, would make the people's thinking more open, not conducive to the management of the ruler, so it was listed as a banned book, that is, in this process, Ji Xiaolan completed the "Four Libraries Of the Whole Book"
The most frightening thing about the Classic of Mountains and Seas is the animals inside, and there are many animals, scientists and archaeologists have found that it is real in this world!
1. Deer Shu
【Location】Shanyang Mountain
[sic] Its shape is like a horse and a white head, its text is like a tiger and a red tail, its sound is like a ballad, its name is Lu Shu, and pei zhiyi descendants.
It has the shape of a horse, with a white head, a fur ornament like a spotted tiger, and a red tail. Not to mention, it is said that wearing its fur can make future generations prosperous. You may wish to look at its characteristics, for a long time, deer Shu has been regarded as a zebra or sika deer suspected. In recent years, it has been pointed out that the true prototype of the deer shu is likely to be a long-extinct animal that lived in the south.
2. Nine-tailed fox
【Location】Qingqiu Mountain
[sic] Its shape is like a fox and nine tails, its sound is like a baby, it can eat people, and the eater is not deceived.
The original text of the nine-tailed fox is a suspected fox-shaped creature with nine tails. Its legends are numerous, the circulation area is wide, the popularity is high, and there is a nine-tailed fox family in the TV series "Three Lives and Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms".
3. Sloppy
【Location】YaoGuang Mountain
[sic] There are beasts, whose shape is like a man and a mane, burrowing and winter stinging, its name is called 褢褢, its sound is like a chopping wood, see ze county has a big silk.
Shaped like a human, but covered with pig-like mane, hibernating, crying like chopping wood. The History of Ancient Chinese Zoology notes that this beast is a model subspecies of the raccoon. Carnivorous, fox-like, small and thick
In fact, it is our current raccoon
4. Huān shū
【Location】Take the mountain
[sic] There are beasts, whose shape is like a horse, and there is a mistake in one corner, and its name is "Happy Sparse", which can put out fire.
Look at this form, isn't it a unicorn?
In fact, in addition to these strange animals, which can find similar species in the current world, many geographical features also have many similarities with the present.
For example, the Shanhai Sutra understands the Kunlun Void, "The kingdom is in the quicksand, and the seal [Ri] is in the southeast of the Kunlun Void." A county in the sea, not a county, in the quicksand.
The kingdom is outside the quicksand, the kingdom of Bactria, vertical sand, Jusu, and Yuezhi.
The West Hu Baiyu Mountain is in the east of Daxia, and Cangwu is in the southwest of the White Jade Mountain, both in the west of Quicksand and the southeast of Kunlun Void. Kunlun Mountain in West Huxi. It's all in the Northwest."
In fact, if you think about it carefully, we can look at this world map and know that we can basically determine that the Kunlun Void is the Sahara Desert!
It's just that the geographical environment at that time may not be like this, and later after the movement of the earth's crust, the ocean became a continent, and the mountains became oceans.
We have long since lost sight of the previous world, but what is certain is that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is definitely not just a book of myths and legends, but a history book about geography and humanities!
But the question of how the ancients drew maps similar to the world's maps has always been a mystery. If it can be confirmed, it will be a major change in history.
Many magical geographical features and animals are embodied in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and everyone needs to read it themselves to discover the mystery of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
It is recommended that you read the vernacular version, because it is really difficult for ordinary people to read the text! This version of the Classic of Mountains and Seas not only includes the original version of the story in its entirety, but also has a detailed translation of the vernacular text, and those who cannot understand the vernacular can directly read the vernacular text, or they can combine the vernacular text and the literary text together.
This version is different from other versions is that it has a lot of rich illustrations, look at the Classic of Mountains and Seas, you have to look at the pictures, otherwise it will be boring, rich with pictures, let us immerse ourselves in it, children can also follow along with it!
Including astronomy, geography, mythology, witchcraft, religion, property, folklore, medicine, exotic and many other aspects of the content, known as the first treasure of Chinese civilization, whether we look at it or children look at it, we can increase our knowledge and enrich our knowledge!