This work consists of Volume One of the Shan Hai Jing. Also called the Classic of the Five Treasures, or Classic of the Mountains, it contains a considerable amount of ethnographic data describing the social customs and rituals of the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty and in particular those traditions of the state of Chu. It refers to no less than 61 deities, 88 diseases, 307 animals and animal hybrids, 183 plants and plants hybrids, 82 minerals, and 846 geographical structures.
- ISBN10 0979782406
- ISBN13 9780979782404
- Publish Date 5 July 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Innovations & Information Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 260
- Language English