A Chinese bestiary : strange creatures from the guideways through mountains and seas = [Shan hai jing]

A Chinese bestiary : strange creatures from the guideways through mountains and seas = [Shan hai jing] / edited and translated with commentary by Richard E. Strassberg.

A Chinese bestiary : strange creatures from the guideways through mountains and seas = 山海經 /

A Chinese Bestiary presents a fascinating pageant of mythical creatures from a unique and enduring cosmography written in ancient China. The Guideways through Mountains and Seas, compiled between the fourth and first centuries b.c.e., contains descriptions of hundreds of fantastic denizens of mounta...

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Other Authors: Strassberg, Richard E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Mythology, Chinese.
Folklore > China.
HISTORY.
Folklore
Mythology, Chinese
Travel
ART > Asian > General.
China > Description and travel.
China
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:A Chinese Bestiary presents a fascinating pageant of mythical creatures from a unique and enduring cosmography written in ancient China. The Guideways through Mountains and Seas, compiled between the fourth and first centuries b.c.e., contains descriptions of hundreds of fantastic denizens of mountains, rivers, islands, and seas, along with minerals, flora, and medicine.
Item Description:"Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies endowment."
Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.
ISBN:9780520922785
0520922786
0520218442
9780520218444
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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