The Appreciation Dictionary on Shan Hai Jing is a book which translate the ancient words and analyze the meaning behind the words of Shan Hai Jing(Book of Mountains and Rivers), the first fantastic book that records intensively the myth segment and primitive thinking in China. And Shan Hai Jing is also a classical geographical book which records a great deal of odd events and queer images that are in the reality. Shan Hai Jing, an ancient writing coming down for more than two thousand years, is so difficult to understand for normal readers in modern times. The Appreciation Dictionary on Shan Hai Jing can help the normal readers to probe into the firsthand culture of ancient China by translating the ancient words into modern Chinese and inviting experts to write articles to display research results in recent years or describe the meaning behind the ancient texts. In this book, there are also many illustrations, painted by an artist or from the ancient books, to visualize the odd, ancient animals and plants in the texts.
