Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies endowment." |
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Mythology, Chinese.
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Mythology, Chinese. |
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Folklore -- China.
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Folklore. |
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China. |
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China -- Description and travel.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Strassberg, Richard E.
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Added Title |
Shan hai jing (Chinese classic). English. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00022788
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Shan hai jing |
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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) |
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0520922786 (electronic book) |
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0520218442 (alkaline paper) |
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9780520218444 (alkaline paper) |
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