Book of Gods and Strange Things
Ancient Chinese geography book
Book of Gods and Strange Things or Shenyi Jing (Chinese: 神異經) is an ancient Chinese geography book. The original version was written by Dongfang Shuo during the Han dynasty.[1] The modern versions were edited by Zhang Hua during the Jin dynasty and Zhu Mouhan during the Ming dynasty.
The claim that Dongfang Shuo wrote the Book of Gods and Strange Things was first recorded by Pei Songzhi in the Records of the Three Kingdoms in the footnotes.
References
- ^ Rothschild, Norman Harry (2009). "Wu Zhao and the Queen Mother of the West". Journal of Daoist Studies. 3 (3): 29–56. doi:10.1353/dao.2009.0018. ISSN 1941-5524.
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Chinese mythology
- Creation myth
- Godly world concepts
- Astrology
- Dragons
- Shenmo fiction
- Gods and immortals
- Tian
- Pangu
- Ghosts
- Chinese folk religion
- Four Symbols
- Black Tortoise
- Azure Dragon
- White Tiger
- Vermilion Bird
- Yellow Dragon
- Four Holy Beasts
- Bixi
- Huli jing (Fox spirit)
- Chinese guardian lions
- Pixiu (Bixie)
- Nian
- Horses
- Hundun
- Xiezhi
- Wuzhiqi
- Yeren
- Fox spirit
- Four Perils (Four Evildoers)
- Peng (mythology)
- Nine-headed Bird
- Tianma
- Nine-tailed fox
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- Buzhou
- Diyu
- Eight Pillars
- Gate of the Ghosts
- Fusang
- Jade Mountain
- Kunlun Mountain
- Longmen
- Moving Sands
- Penglai
- Red River
- Weak River
- Youdu
- Classic of Mountains and Seas
- Shi Yi Ji
- Bowuzhi
- Liexian Zhuan
- Shenxian Zhuan
- Shenyi Jing
- The Peach Blossom Spring
- The Four Journeys
- Investiture of the Gods
- The Sorcerer's Revolt
- Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
- Journey to the West
- In Search of the Supernatural
- What the Master Would Not Discuss
- Heavenly Questions (Chu Ci)
- Huainanzi
- Records of the Grand Historian
- Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations