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What other mountains are there in Shan Hai Jing?
Who wrote Shan Hai Jing?
Shan hai jing (Classic of the mountains and seas) is a Chinese classic text describing mountains, regions within and beyond the seas, and mythic animals. The author or authors and the date of composition are unknown. During the Jin dynasty (265-420) the renowned historian Guo Pu (276-324) wrote annotations to it.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas is a very mysterious ancient Chinese book. It is bizarre, colorful , and has a huge capacity. It has the potential to cross Asia and Europe. However, there is no clear historical fact. Therefore, there are various interpretations.
The “Book of Mountains” in the “Book of Mountains and Seas” occupies two-thirds of the book. The content is complex, full of magic, and at the same time it is far from reality. Of course, it is very difficult to interpret, so that some people think that the “Western Mountain Classic” is written in the Americas. The Cordillera Mountains on the west coast of the continent, including the Coastal Mountains and the Rocky Mountains, are actually a complete misunderstanding.
There are literally thousands of mountains involved in the “Sutra of Mountains”. We have never heard of most of them. It is absolutely impossible to fully interpret them. Mountains, rivers, seas and lakes make general judgments.
“The Classic of Mountains” consists of five parts, namely “The Classic of the Southern Mountains”, “The Book of the Western Mountains”, “The Book of the Northern Mountains”, “The Book of the Eastern Mountains” and “The Book of the Zhongshan Mountains”. Bei Shan Jing” and “Zhong Shan Jing”.
Mountains such as Huashan, Yinshan, Tianshan and Kunlun Mountains are mentioned in the “Xishanjing”, the Weihe River appears many times, the Yellow River is also mentioned several times, and the Jingshui (an important tributary of the Weihe River, the word “Jing and Wei is clear” is associated with it) related) and the Han River, so we can draw the conclusion that “Xi Shan Jing” is written about the mountains between Shanxi and Shaanxi to the west of the Yellow River and north of the Qinling Mountains. In the “Western Mountains Classic”, there is a Dashi Mountain, which is said to have Chuan River in the south of the mountain, which flows into the Han River, and clear water in the north of the mountain, which flows into the Wei River. Obviously, Dashi Mountain is a part of the watershed between the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin, and a section of the Qinling Mountains, which divides my country’s north and south.
The famous mountains that appear in the “Beishan Jing” include Beiyue (Heng) Mountain, Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain, and Yanshan Mountain, and the well-known rivers are the Yellow River, Fenhe, Hutuohe, Qingzhangshui, and Zhuozhangshui. Almost all the rivers flow into the Bohai Sea at the end. Obviously, the “Beishan Jing” has a very close relationship with Shanxi Province. Specifically, this part describes the mountains between Shanxi and Shaanxi to the east of the Yellow River and to the west of the Yanshan Line of Taihang Mountains.
Few of the mountains appearing in the “Dong Shan Jing” are well-known, but among them is the famous Mount Tai, and it is mentioned that one can overlook Fusang (an island country east of ancient China) from the east of Mount Wugao (an island country east of ancient China, generally considered to refer to Japan), so the author infers that the “Dongshan Jing” is written in the mountains east of the lower reaches of the Yellow River and north of the Yangtze River. The reason why the “Dongshan Jing” is considered to be about the mountains north of the Yangtze River is because Taihu Lake appeared in the “Southern Mountain Jing”.
The “Southern Mountains” and “East Mountains” contain a lot of unfamiliar information. Few of the mountains are well-known, but most of the rivers mentioned in this part flow into the South China Sea, and there is a river named Zuo Water (the ancient “Zuo” is the same as “Zuo”) is very similar to the Zuojiang River in the southwest of Guangxi. Therefore, the author has come to the conclusion that the “Nanshan Jing” mainly writes about the mountains south of the Yangtze River, but belongs to the Central China region. Hunan should be excluded.
The mountains in “Zhongshan Jing” are distributed in the first line of Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and the Jiangbei area of Chongqing, Sichuan, such as Shouyang Mountain in eastern Hebei (the place where Boyi and Shuqi did not eat Zhousu and starved to death), Henan Shaoshi Mountain (part of Songshan Mountain), Taishi Mountain (that is, Taishi Mountain, part of Songshan Mountain), Qingyao Mountain, Xiong’er Mountain, Jingshan Mountain in Hubei, Dongting Mountain and Hengshan Mountain in Hunan, Minshan Mountain in northern Sichuan and so on. In addition, “Zhongshan Jing” clearly mentions Zhongyue (Songshan) in the sixth row of mountains in the central part. There are also some rivers in this part that can be used as evidence, such as the Yellow River, the Yangtze River (the ancients believed that the Minjiang River was the source of the Yangtze River), the Luo River and the Yishui (a tributary of the Luo River).
Songshan is a famous mountain, as we all know, but another mountain in the “Zhongshan Jing” belongs to Henan – Qingyao Mountain. The author learned about it through Henan Opera and Henan Opera “Love in Qingyao Mountain”. This mountain is located in Xin’an County, Henan Province. It is a famous local mountain. Therefore, the author boldly speculates that most of the mountains in Shanhaijing are famous local mountains, and the mountain names recorded by the author of Shanhaijing may mainly come from local dialects, which is one of the reasons why it is difficult to interpret.
Although there are many mysteries and mysteries in the interpretation of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, there should be no doubt that this book is about the mountains of China. As for the Classic of the Seas, it does indeed traverse Asia and Europe, covering the world. Of course, it is more difficult to interpret.
