Shan Hai Jing is an ancient book in the pre-Qin period. It is the oldest geography book full of myths and legends. It is called the "House of Myths" and contains rich mythological materials.
Searching for the Gods is a collection of novels that records magical and weird stories in ancient folklore. The writer is Gan Bao, a historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Most of these stories reflect the thoughts and feelings of ancient people to some extent. It is a masterpiece of China's ancient myths and legends, collecting more than 4 10 ancient miraculous stories, and creating a precedent for China's ancient mythological novels.
Huai Nan Zi was compiled by Liu An, the king of Huai Nan in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was written between the suppression of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and the reign of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. *** 2 1 book.
Liezi is said to have been written by Lieyukou (450-375 BC), a native of Zheng during the Warring States Period. Liezi, also known as Xu Chongjing, is an important Taoist classic. The content is mostly folk stories, fables and myths and legends.
There is a lot of information about temperament, musical instruments, gods, mountains and rivers and the origin of surnames in Yi Tong Customs. It was written by Ying Shao, the Taishou of Mount Tai in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Among them, the lost surnames record the origin of many surnames, and a large number of remains are scattered in books, which have been valued by scholars in past dynasties. Some items involving ghosts and characters in the book initially have the characteristics of supernatural novels in Wei and Jin Dynasties.