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Title 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 seans = 山海經 / edited and translated with commentary by Richard E. Strassberg.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies endowment."
Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.
Contents Illustrations; Preface; Editorial Notes; Introduction; Plates I to LXXVI from the Guideways through Mountains and Seas; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Glossary Index to Plates.
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.
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Subject Mythology, Chinese.
Mythology, Chinese.
Folklore -- China.
Folklore.
China.
China -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Strassberg, Richard E.
Added Title Shan hai jing (Chinese classic). English. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00022788
Shan hai jing
山海經
Other Form: Print version: Shan hai jing (Chinese classic). English. Chinese bestiary. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520218442 (DLC) 2002075442 (OCoLC)49977148
ISBN 9780520922785 (electronic book)
0520922786 (electronic book)
0520218442 (alkaline paper)
9780520218444 (alkaline paper)