What are the top ten ancient beasts in Shan Hai Jing?

Ten kinds of beasts are recorded in bronze vessels, such as the candle of the sun, the shadow of moonlight, and the dragon, white tiger, Xuanwu, Suzaku, Huanglong, Ying Long, poisonous snake and Gouchen in ancient books. There are other sayings about the top ten beasts, but no matter what the specific top ten beasts are, there is no doubt that the set of "top ten beasts" comes from online literature. ?

The contents of Shan Hai Jing are mainly geographical knowledge in folklore, including mountains and rivers, Taoism, nationalities, products, medicines, sacrifices and witch doctors.

The Classic of Mountains and Seas also preserves many ancient myths, legends and fables that are well-known in China, including Kuafu in the daytime, Goddess of mending the sky, Jingwei Reclaiming the Sea, Dayu Harnessing Water, etc.

Shan Hai Jing not only preserves rich mythological materials, but also involves many academic fields, such as philosophy, aesthetics, religion, history, geography, astronomy, meteorology, medicine, animals, plants, minerals, folklore, ethnology, geology, oceanography, psychology, anthropology and so on. In Wang Yang there is unprecedented.

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Literary value

Shan Hai Jing is a magical book with various contents. It is rich in precious materials of geography, mythology, folklore, history of science, religion, ethnology, medicine and other disciplines. Its academic value involved many disciplines, and recorded a large number of natural geographical elements and human geographical contents in China at that time in an orderly way. If you study it carefully and discuss it deeply, you won't worry.

The literary value of Shan Hai Jing is rich and varied, which can be explored from many aspects. At least we can interpret and explore the literary value of Shan Hai Jing from the perspectives of the influence of mythical thinking (that is, primitive thinking) on the romantic literary creation tradition, the expression of primitive logic, the rich emotional experience in humanistic care, and the pragmatic aesthetic judgment.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Top Ten Ancient Beasts