Are the mythical animals in the Classic of Mountains and Seas real?

It is real, but due to the long time, geographical changes, and the fact that people at that time wrote very mythical about many things they didn't understand, the world of the Classic of Mountains and Seas looks particularly fantastical.

We know that the Classic of Mountains and Seas was compiled from the Warring States Period to the early and middle Han Dynasty, which is too far away from modern times. At first, it was regarded as an ancient book of Zhiwei, but after some strange animals in the Classic of Mountains and Seas were discovered, some people discovered that the Classic of Mountains and Seas was not a completely fictional material.

The Book of Mountains and Seas records animals such as pufferfish, baby fish, and parrots. Some of these animals are more anthropomorphic, while others are a combination of the characteristics of many other common animals. In the eyes of some, this is an impossible animal.

It is because of people's subjective thoughts that the Classic of Mountains and Seas is regarded as a strange material, and no one has really studied the animals that exist in it. With the gradual development of science and technology in modern times, some scholars have discovered that some of the animals recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are real.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas is an important ancient book of pre-Qin China, and it is also the oldest strange book rich in myths and legends. The author of the book is unknown, and modern scholars believe that it was not written at one time, and the author is not alone.

The version of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is complex, and the hand-me-down version has a total of 18 volumes, including 5 volumes of the "Classic of the Mountains" and 13 volumes of the "Classic of the Sea", and the age of each volume is inconclusive, of which 14 volumes are works of the Warring States Period and 4 volumes are works of the early years of the Western Han Dynasty.

Now it can be seen that the earliest version is Jin Guopu's "The Legend of Mountains and Seas". However, the title of the book "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is mentioned in the "Historical Records", and the earliest book included is "Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles". As for its real author, the predecessors believed that it was Yu and Boyi, and it was edited by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin in the Western Han Dynasty to form a hand-me-down book.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas is realistic, and it records the Great Flood of ancient China.

Period data. The Classic of Mountains and Seas should be divided into three parts: five chapters of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, eight chapters of the Classic of the Sea, and five chapters of the Classic of Rhubarb. They correspond to before the flood, when the flood breaks out, and after the flood waters subside.

When reading the Classic of Mountains and Seas for the first time, many people's first reaction is that the world recorded in the book should be a plane, from the center to the periphery, that is, mountains, inland, overseas, wilderness.

However, paradoxically, we find the four overseas classics and the Great Wilderness.

A large number of stories and locations from the classics are repeated. According to statistics, the number of repetitions has reached more than 20 times. Usually, a place records it in the Four Classics overseas and then in the Great Yellow Sutra.

This part of the Shan Jing corresponds to the topography of the mountains and rivers before the Great Flood, and the reason why the ancients took great pains to collect this information was for divination, sacrifices, witch doctors, and other activities.

In addition, rare animals recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Not necessarily a real animal, but a star in the sky or a totem that the locals believe in. Several stars are connected into constellations, and people imagine them as monsters based on their shape. When observation points, mountain peaks, and strange animals (constellations) appear in a straight line, significant events on the ground will be recorded by priests and used to guide future divination and rituals.

This is very unreasonable. In addition, the Yellow Emperor.

And other people's stories take place in the distant wilderness, which is unbelievable.

Some scholars have now compiled myths and stories from around the world and deduced that humanity experienced a terrible flood between 2,500 and 7,000 BC. The story of Dayu's water control happened to happen during this period. Therefore, the reasonable explanation for "sea" should be, global climate change.

Causing sea levels to rise.

The seawater flowed backwards, the original plain was inundated by the seawater, and the melting of the glaciers in the upper reaches of the Yellow River led to flooding, forming a large area of the Yellow Flood.

In this way, a large plain became a "sea". The "Four Classics of China" should record the areas affected by the disaster, and the "Four Classics of Overseas" should record the areas that were not affected by the disaster.

Yes, it's because art is the best thing about life, but there are many animals that have been eliminated in the process of evolution; This work was perfected and written by many people, and it tells mythological stories, as well as medicine, religion, democracy, etc., and it is not done by one person.

The main thing is to understand the background of the book at that time, and through the understanding of geographical knowledge, it added mystery to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and finally wrote this book. Some animals are real, and some are invented.