Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經

An early text on geography

• Introduction
• 郭璞序 Preface by Guo Pu
• 卷一 南山經 Chapter 1: Classic of the Mountains - South
• 卷二 西山經 Chapter 2: Classic of the Mountains - West
• 卷三 北山經 Chapter 3: Classic of the Mountains - North
• 卷四 東山經 Chapter 4: Classic of the Mountains - East
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central
• 卷一 海外南經 Chapter 1: Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas - South
• 卷二 海外西經 Chapter 2: Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas - West
• 卷三 海外北經 Chapter 3: Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas - North
• 卷四 海外東經 Chapter 4: Classic of Regions Beyond the Seas - East
• 卷五 海內南經 Chapter 5: Classic of Regions Within the Seas - South
• 卷六 海內西經 Chapter 6: Classic of Regions Within the Seas - West
• 卷七 海內北經 Chapter 7: Classic of Regions Within the Seas - North
• 卷八 海內東經 Chapter 8: Classic of Regions Within the Seas - East
• 卷九 大荒東經 Chapter 9: Classic of the Great Wilderness - East
• 卷十 大荒南經 Chapter 10: Classic of the Great Wilderness - South
• 卷十一 大荒西經 Chapter 11: Classic of the Great Wilderness - West
• 卷十二 大荒北經 Chapter 12: Classic of the Great Wilderness - North
• 卷十三　海內經 Chapter 13: Classic of Regions Within the Seas

Source

Wikisource, accessed 2018-05-13, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/山海經.

English translations

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Discussion

1. Idema, W L 2017, “Chapter 17: Elite versus Popular Literature,” in Denecke, Wiebke, Wai-Yee Li, and Xiaofei Tian (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature (1000 BCE-900CE), e-book, New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 269.
2. Fracasso, Riccardo 1993, “Shan hai ching 山海經,” In Michael Loewe, (ed.) Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China, pp. 357-367.

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