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Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas)

Anonymous compilers · c. 4th-1st century BCE · Classical Chinese

Ancient text

Anonymous compilers

c. 4th-1st century BCE

Chinese compendium of mountains, rivers and the creatures, spirits and peoples said to live among them; a source for Xihe, the ten suns and the Fusang tree.

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Chinese compendium of mountains, rivers and the creatures, spirits and peoples said to live among them; a source for Xihe, the ten suns and the Fusang tree.

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Chang'e Flies to the MoontragedyAfter her husband Hou Yi saves the world by shooting down nine suns, Chang'e drinks the elixir of immortality and floats to the moon, where she dwells in eternal solitude with only a jade rabbit for company.

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