| The book of Shanhai Jing in China is an important classic of pre-Qin era.The first mention of the book was recorded by the historian, Dayuan biography.The Shanhai Jing describes the ancient geography, products, witchcraft, myth,religion, history,medicine, folk, ethnic and other aspects. Among them, alsoincludes the most representative of the myth fable, such as:The goddess patchingthe sky, Kuafu’s chasing after the sun, a symbol of dogged determination, greatflood etc.The book of Shanhai Jing of content is very rich, more contents are recorded"Shi". The various experts and scholars of the Shanhai Jing for understanding ofthe "Shi", often only from metaphysics, fairy said, autopsy, these and otheraspects of interpretation. Since the Qing Dynasty scholar, Hao Yixing, Yuan Ke,they began to be in ancient witchcraft, worship together, but also often fail tohave big breakthrough and development. Overall, the current academic circles forthe interpretation of "Shi" in the Shanhai Jing, do concentration and the systemresearch is still relatively rare.Although,"Shi" in Contemporary Chinese, the main meaning is the humanbody after death，but the Shanhai Jing writing a book in ancient times, thereforethe many " Shi " in the Shanhai Jing simply described as a "corpse", is extremelyinappropriate. To explore the original meaning of "Shi", we should start from theOracle, bronze, seal character which the writing time is close to the original textof the "Shi" in the Shanhai Jing.Through comprehensive study, my paper had further revealed the "Shi" in theShanhai Jing original appearance, a certain extent revealed the historical truthbehind the absurd words, which is not only has great significance to study ofancient history, but also a strong proof of great historical value of the ShanhaiJing. The results of this paper also help to develop our today’s literature and thepre-Qin history. On the origin of Chinese culture, ancient legends of worship,totem worship of idols, and also be of great advantage. |
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