"Chinese and Japanese Illustrated Classic of Mountains and Seas" Author: He Zhongxia Publisher: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House

★ A landmark upgrade of Shanhaijing with pictures and texts

★Completely present and interpret the Japanese national treasure "Shan Hai Jing Mythical Beast Color Scroll" "Strange Birds and Beasts Scroll"

★Recommended by Liu Zongdi, a well-known authority on the study of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and the author of "The Lost Book of Heaven".

★Detailed explanation of the mysterious origins of 76 kinds of mountain spirits and sea monsters in Japanese scrolls, and a collection of 800 ancient pictures of mountain and sea beasts and monsters from the Ming and Qing dynasties

★A volume of myths and illustrations of two countries, reproducing the classical fantasy and realistic cognition of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in China and Japan

★Content Introduction

"Sino-Japanese Illustrated Classic of Mountains and Seas" is a brand-new upgraded work of various "Illustrated Classic of Mountains and Seas". As we all know, as a Chinese epic of creation, Classic of Mountains and Seas covers history, geography, ethnicity, religion, mythology, biology, medicine, water conservancy, minerals, etc. It is the pioneering work of Chinese mythology. This book is named "Sino-Japanese", that is, it interprets this classic work that has influenced the two countries and even East Asia based on the scrolls of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in China and Japan. The book collects 800 ancient line drawings of mountains and seas and monsters from the Ming and Qing Dynasties in China and 76 color drawings of mountains and seas and monsters from the "Colored Scrolls of Mythical Beasts in Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Colored Scrolls of Strange Birds and Beasts" in the Edo Period of Japan. It is carefully interpreted by young scholars who are proficient in classical Chinese and Japanese, showing the classical fantasy and realization cognition of "mountains and seas and monsters" in China and Japan, and let us re-understand how the strange monsters in "Classic of Mountains and Seas" were "refined".

★Well-known recommendation

China does not have any major works containing mythology, and its scattered mythology has not yet been collected into a special book. If we want to seek, we can only get a little from ancient books. The most important of these ancient books is the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". -Lu Xun

Among the ancient books of our country, the most magnificent and wonderful one is the Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Classic of Mountains and Seas is not only a powerful document of the land, but also a source of mythology. - Yuan Ke, an authoritative scholar of Chinese mythology

There is a magical scroll left in Japan during the Edo period, titled "Strange Birds and Beasts Scroll", which contains 76 kinds of strange birds and beasts. Although it is unknown who painted it, there is no doubt that they all came from China. - Ito Seiji, an expert in comparative Japanese mythology