#图文创作打卡挑战活动#很多人对于 what kind of book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is, and what is written in it, I may not know. Why do so many novels, films, and literary works take their contents? Today, let's take a look at this mysterious book in a nutshell.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an ancient book before the pre-Qin period in China, and it is an ancient geography book that records the geology of ancient mountains and rivers in ancient China. Its content covers a wide range, including not only ancient mythology, mountains and rivers, landforms, animals, plants, rare scenes, etc., but also records ancient witchcraft, religion, history, medicine, ethnic and ethnic tribal mythological systems and other aspects.
The book covers an unusually large geographical area, covering almost all of Eurasia and even Africa and North America. It is known as one of the four great strange books in China, along with the Book of Changes, the Tao Te Ching, and the Yellow Emperor's Neijing.
Some people believe that the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is not only a myth and legend, but also an exploration record of ancient geography, which also contains some genealogies of ancient generations, and is a work with important historical research value.
According to the 28 constellations of the zodiac, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is divided into the Book of Mountains, the Book of Overseas, the Book of the Sea, and the Book of the Great Wilderness. Among them, the Shan Sutra depicts the land scene, the Overseas Sutra focuses on the water, the Sea Sutra describes the realm between the outer sea and the inland, and the Great Wilderness Sutra depicts the overseas continent.
Those who have read this book will find that the farther you go into the depths of the wilderness, the closer the species recorded in it are to our understanding, and the closer you are to the places where tribes gather, there are many primitive and absurd species.
The current edition of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has a total of 18 articles, more than 30,000 words, which are specifically divided into five Tibetan mountain classics, four overseas classics, four domestic classics, four great wilderness classics and one domestic classic.
To a large extent, the history of China's ancient civilization originates from this ancient book. For example, Kuafu's chasing the sun, Nuwa mending the sky, Jingwei reclamation, Houyi shooting the sun, Chang'e running to the moon, the dragon war, the fox of Qingqiu, the hundred birds and the phoenix, the emperor vs. Chiyou, the Gonggong angrily touched the Zhou Mountain, the Xingtian Dance Ganqi, the gods and the Yulei, Dayu controlled the water, Changxi and the moon mother, the story of Yaoji and other mysterious and wonderful content. The animals and plants recorded in the book are all products of antiquity.
Over the millennia, these contents have gradually been confirmed. The rich connotations of his book have attracted scholars from all over the world to conduct in-depth research and exploration. Some scholars in Europe were amazed to find that the Chinese had discovered Europe and the American continent more than 10,000 years ago and recorded them.
According to the research of some scholars, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" matured before the Zhou Dynasty, and then was published by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin and his sons in the Western Han Dynasty, with a total of 18 articles. Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty once researched and annotated the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", as well as the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" written by Wang Chongqing of the Ming Dynasty, and the "Extensive Commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas" written by Wu Renchen of the Qing Dynasty. In the Republic of China period, it was most famous for the mythological scholar Yuan Ke's "Commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas".
In recent years, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" has been loved by more readers at home and abroad. Numerous myths, novels, movies, television, online games, etc. are based on allusions and elements from the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
With the passage of time, the charm of the Classic of Mountains and Seas has become more and more prominent, it is not only a treasure of ancient Chinese culture, but also a mysterious door to the ancient world, leading us to explore that ancient era full of fantasy and mystery.
Filled with wisdom and imagination, this book provides us with a unique perspective to understand and feel the breadth and profundity of ancient Chinese culture. It is a classic that deserves our continuous in-depth study and inheritance. #山海经的内容真的是虚构吗?#