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245	0	2	_aA Chinese bestiary : _bstrange creatures from the guideways through mountains and seas = [Shan hai jing / _cedited and translated with commentary by Richard E. Strassberg.
246	1	1	_a[Shan hai jing
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2002]
264		4	_c©2002
300			_axxii, 313 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c27 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Philip E. Lilienthal Asian studies endowment.".
500			_aParallel title in Chinese characters.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 273-292) and index.
520	1		_a"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. The text also represents a wide range of beliefs held by the ancient Chinese. Richard Strassberg brings the Guideways to life for modern readers by weaving together translations from the work itself with information from other texts and recent archaeological finds to create a lavishly illustrated guide to the imaginative world of early China." "Unlike the bestiaries of the late medieval period in Europe, the Guideways was not interpreted allegorically; the strange creatures described in it were regarded as actual entities found throughout the landscape. The work was originally used as a sacred geography, as a guidebook for travelers, and as a book of omens. Today, it is regarded as the richest repository of ancient Chinese mythology and shamanistic wisdom. The Guideways may have been illustrated from the start, but the earliest surviving illustrations are woodblock engravings from a rare 1597 edition. All seventy-six of those plates are reproduced here for the first time, and they provide a fine example of the Chinese engraver's art during the late Ming dynasty."--BOOK JACKET.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aMythology, Chinese _9353207
650		0	_aFolklore _zChina _9372218
651		0	_aChina _xDescription and travel _9315332
700	1		_aStrassberg, Richard E., _eeditor, _etranslator. _9264434
730	0		_aShan hai jing (Chinese classic). _lEnglish _9499688
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