Some people use mountain and sea classics to control water, while others tell fortune. What kind of book is it?

The earliest person who can find this book in history is Sima Qian. Tai Shigong said in Historical Records: Biography of Dawan: I dare not say the monsters in Yu Benji and Shan Hai Jing-he disagreed with the contents of Shan Hai Jing, but did not mention who the author was.

The earliest author of Shan Hai Jing can be found in the literature is Liu Xiu (Liu Xin) in the late Western Han Dynasty. He revised the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and then presented it to Emperor Ai of Han Dynasty, saying that the Classic of Mountains and Seas was written by Tang Yu. Yesterday, the flood swept through China ... and it took four years to publish "Like the Mountain" and "The Collection of Mountains and Rivers". Benefit and "Shu" drive away animals, command mountains, rivers, plants and other water and soil. ..... Yu don't Kyushu, soil as a tribute, and other good and evil, mountains and seas ".

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Chong's Lun Heng Bie Tong Quan also said: "Yu and Yi combined to control water disasters, Yu managed water, and Yi managed to remember foreign things. Overseas mountains are far more than that. As far as I can see, they are classics of mountains and seas. " Zhao Ye was also a member of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He shared the same word in "Wu Yue Chun Qiu": "Yu ... patrolling the four blasphemies, colluding with righteousness and kui. When you arrive at the famous mountain osawa, you will be asked about the mountains and rivers, all the treasures, birds, animals and insects, as well as the folk customs in all directions, foreign lands and Wan Li, which will make you remember vividly. This is the so-called Classic of Mountains and Seas. Later, people thought that what Wang Chong and Zhao Ye said came from Liu Xiu.

The extensive and in-depth geographical data contained in The Classic of Mountains and Seas could not be completed by Zou Yan or Yan's expedition. Nor can it be collected by witches of Chu who live in the south and can go deep into the country, distant places and foreign countries. The map of land in the world and the overseas areas of Kyushu can only be preserved by the hereditary Zhou government of Wang Guan.

At least part of The Classic of Mountains and Seas is the map data collected by the Zhou Dynasty-first, the part of The Classic of Mountains and Seas, headed by He and Luo Jingji, is the capital of the Tang Dynasty and the political center of the Zhou Dynasty, naturally belonging to the world, and ordinary people can enter and master its map; As can be seen from the book, the records of Beishan Jing and Xishan Jing are records of investigation from Luo Jing to the north and west.

Secondly, the sacrificial ceremonies of mountain totem gods are all consistent with the sacrificial names and ceremonies of Zhou Li, which are obviously held by the wizard group led by Si Wu, the central sacrificial department. Thirdly, for the remote border people, it is really necessary to "contribute to the land" and "report in writing" to the Zhou royal family, and then the officials in charge of tribute in the Zhou Dynasty will sort out the map of tribute, so that the Zhou royal family can control the clothing situation at home and abroad. It is precisely because different officials record and organize files in different regions that there are differences in different writing styles and dialects.