山海经

《山海经:东方中国上古时代社会的综合记录》内容简介：The famous ancient book Shanhaijing or Book of Mountains and Seas has not yet been fully cognized. There exist many controversies concerning Shanhaijing, and the academic circles have not yet reached anagreed recognition on many issues. Disputes have long been focused mainly on three topics: its nature, its authorship and its geography research.

The first topic discusses what kind of book Shanhaijing is. The second one is about who wrote Shanhaijing. And the last talks about the place names and regional scope in the book.

What kind of book is Shanhaijing？ We regard it as a comprehensive record of the eastern community in ancient China. This book covers astronomy, meteorological phenomena, calendar, geographical feature ,medicine, society, folk custom, law, and so on. It reflects an era of social feature and records a period of community.