Back Clàssic de les muntanyes i els mars Catalan Shanhaijing German Clásico de las montañas y los mares Spanish Shanhaijing French הקלאסיקה של ההרים והימים HE Hegyek és vizek könyve Hungarian Գիրք սարերի ու ծովերի Armenian Shan Hai Jing ID Shan Hai Jing Italian 山海経 Japanese

Classic of Mountains and Seas

Classic of Mountains and Seas
Scrollable pages from volume five of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, a Ming dynasty (1368–1644) woodblock printed edition
Traditional Chinese山海經
Simplified Chinese山海经
Literal meaning"Classic of Mountains and Seas"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShānhǎi jīng
Wade–GilesShan1-hai3 ching1
IPA[ʂán.xàɪ.tɕíŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSāan-hói gīng
JyutpingSaan1-hoi2 ging1
IPA[san˥ hɔj˧˥ kɪŋ˥]
Classic of Mountains and Seas illustration of a nine-headed phoenix (colored Qing dynasty edition)
Classic of Mountains and Seas illustration of Nüwa
Classic of Mountains and Seas illustration of Nine-tailed Fox, companion of the Queen Mother of the West

The Classic of Mountains and Seas, also known as Shanhai jing (Chinese: 山海经),[1] formerly romanized as the Shan-hai Ching,[2] is a Chinese classic text and a compilation of mythic geography[3][4] and beasts. Early versions of the text may have existed since the 4th century BCE,[5][6] but the present form was not reached until the early Han dynasty.[6] It is largely a fabulous geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a collection of Chinese mythology.[citation needed] The book is divided into eighteen sections; it describes over 550 mountains and 300 channels.

  1. ^ "Shan Hai Jing". Chinese Text Project.
  2. ^ Jonathan H. Ping; Brett McCormick (14 December 2015). China's Strategic Priorities. Routledge. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-1-134-59229-6.
  3. ^ Lewis, Mark Edward (2006). The Flood Myths of Early China. State University of New York. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7914-6663-6.
  4. ^ Mark Edward Lewis (2009). China's Cosmopolitan Empire: the Tang dynasty, Vol. 4 (illustrated ed.). Harvard University Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-674-03306-1. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  5. ^ Leo Bagrow, R. & A. Skelton (2009). History of cartography. Transaction Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4128-1154-5.
  6. ^ a b Lust, John (1996). Chinese popular prints. Brill Publishers. p. 301. ISBN 90-04-10472-0.

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