Who is the author of Jingwei Reclamation ?

"Jingwei Reclamation".The author is unknown.

Jingwei reclamation is one of the ancient Chinese myths and legends. According to legend, Jingwei was originally the Emperor of Yan.

Shennong's youngest daughter, named Nuwa, went to the East China Sea one day to play and drowned in the water.

After death, the female baby turned into a kind of mythical bird with a flower head, a white beak shell, and red claws, and every day brought stones and plants from the mountains, threw them into the East China Sea, and then emitted a mournful cry of "Jingwei, Jingwei", as if calling herself.

The legend of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, The Classic of the North Mountains":

Two hundred miles further north, there is a mountain of hair dove, and dense trees grow on the mountain.

There is a bird in the mountains, shaped like an ordinary crow, but with a flower head, a white beak, and red claws, and its name is Jingwei, and its call is the pronunciation of its own name. Jingwei Bird was originally the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, named Nuwa.

The girl went to the East China Sea to play. Drowning in the East China Sea and not returning, it becomes a Jingwei bird, often holding branches and stones from the West Mountain, which is used to fill the East China Sea. Zhangshui originates from this mountain and flows eastward into the Yellow River.

The author of "Jingwei Reclamation" is unknown. This mythical story is from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Three Classics of the Northern Times". The author of the book is unknown, and the ancients believed that the book was "taken by the curious people of the Warring States period to take the "Biography of King Mu", and the miscellaneous records of "Zhuang", "Lie", "Lisao", "Book of Zhou", and "Jin Cheng" to become it".

Modern scholars also believe that the book was not written at one time, and the author was not alone.

Its content is mainly the geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Daoli, ethnicity, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors, etc., and preserves many popular ancient myths and fables including Kuafu chasing the sun, Jingwei reclamation, Dayu controlling the water, etc.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas also records ancient Chinese mythology, geography, plants, animals, minerals, products, witchcraft, religion, medicine, folk customs, ethnicity, etc., reflecting cultural phenomena that are all-encompassing. In addition to the rich preservation of mythological materials, it also involves a variety of academic fields, which can be described as vast and magnificent, like the sea and the sun.

The author of "Jingwei Reclamation" is anonymous.

Jingwei reclamation is one of the ancient Chinese myths and legends. According to legend, Jingwei was the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan Shennong, named Nuwa, and one day the girl went to the East China Sea to play and drowned in the water. After death, the female baby turned into a kind of mythical bird with a flower head, a white beak shell, and red claws, and every day brought stones and plants from the mountains, threw them into the East China Sea, and then emitted a mournful cry of "Jingwei, Jingwei", as if calling herself.

Based on different research perspectives, people classify the myth of "Jingwei reclamation" into different myth types. Obviously, the myth of "Jingwei reclamation" belongs to a typical deformation myth.

Historical records

The Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Classic of the North Mountains: Two hundred miles to the north, it is said that the mountain of the dove is called the mountain, and there are many trees on it. There are birds, its shape is like black, the head of the text, the white beak, the bare feet, the name is Jingwei, and its song is self-proclaiming. It is the girl of Emperor Yan, named Female Baby, who swims in the East China Sea and drowns and does not return, so it is Jingwei.

It is often called the wood and stone of the West Mountain, and it is located in the East China Sea. Zhangshui flows out of Yan and flows eastward into the river. (Guo Pu's note "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" wrote "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" has a "Jingwei" article: "The daughter of Emperor Yan turned into Jingwei.") The East China Sea is sunk, and the spirit is refreshing. It is a wood and stone to fill in the harm. ”）