书名：The Classic of Mountains and Seas山海经英文版
作者：Anne Birrell
出版社名称：Penguin Classics
出版时间：1999

语种：英语
ISBN：9780140447194
商品尺寸：13 x 1.83 x 19.66 cm
包装：平装
页数：336（以实物为准）

The Chinese CLASSIC OF MOUNTAINS AND SEAS dates from the 3rd century B.C. to the 1st century A.D. and is structured according to a conception of the world as a vast land mass bounded on its four sides by four seas, beyond which lie four great wildernesses. Each chapter leads the reader through successive landscapes, describing the geographical and mythological associations of each location. The CLASSIC defies neat classification, and combines travel, genealogy, medicine, botany, regional lore, fables, and above all mythology. The CLASSIC is the key sourcebook of ancient Chinese mythology, occupying an analogous position in Chinese cultural history to Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' in Greek mythology.

PengThe authorship of the Classic is unknown. Traditionally the work has been ascribed to the mythical figure, Yu the Great. More recent evidence suggests that the Classics was written by different authors over several centuries.

Anne Birrell teaches Chinese at Cambridge University and is the author of the authoritative study of 'Chinese Mythology'. She has translated 'New Songs from a Jade Terrace' for Penguin Classics.in Classics