The Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經

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內容簡介

神話的盡頭 歷史的開始
沿著中華湮滅的文明‧探究千古奇書的謎底
打開歷史塵封的記憶‧找尋遠古先民的智慧

《山海經》是一部數千年來無人能破譯的天書，歷朝歷代都當它是怪力亂神之說，更被曲解成巫術，神話之大全，更有甚者認為它是後人杜撰的偽作，然而其樸素、真實的一面，卻被人們徹底的遺忘。

本書作者獨闢蹊徑，從生物學、地理學、民俗文化及歷史考據等多方位進行綜合審視，其科學、犀利的論斷給讀者一種全新的閱讀體驗。
最可稱道的是，作者基於「閱讀」或「讀連環畫」的原理，把山海經中支離破碎的圖片連綴成完整的故事，並以其嚴謹研究和私家偵探般的縝密推理，將其中隱藏的智慧首次展現在世人面前澄清了千百年來人們對它的誤解和迷信。
《山海經》中的世界，充滿了種種的不可思議，但它是那麼的真實，彷佛就在我們觸手可及的地方……

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The Classic of Mountains and Seas

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Traditionally ascribed to the mythical figure Yu the Great, The Classic of Mountains and Seas (third century B.C. to second century A.D.) brings together a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about the mythical figures, rituals, medicine, natural history, and ethnic peoples of the ancient world. 

The Classic narrates episodes of 204 mythical figures, notably the gods Foremost, Fond Care, and Yellow, and goddesses like the fearsome Queen Mother of the West and the doomed Girl Lovely, the nurturing solar and lunar goddesses, and many others unknown outside this text. 

This eclectic work also contains crucial information on early medicine (with cures for impotence and infertility), omens to avert catastrophe, rites of sacrifice, and familiar and unidentified plants and animals. 

In sum, the Classic is a spectacular guided tour of the known world in antiquity, moving outward from the famous mountains of central China to the lands "beyond the seas."

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Hahaha!

Imagination of a very creative writer?

Who is to say anything about the existence of these "mythical figures" or not!

Cheers all

Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom

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