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Taoism and Chinese Religion

The Classic of Mountains and Seas

by Anne Birrell · Anne Birrell (trans.)

A complete English translation of the Shanhai jing, the ancient compendium of mythical geography. Its strange beings and deities, including the Queen Mother of the West, are explained in Birrell's introduction and notes.

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