ABSTRACT
The Shanhaijing (“Lists of Mountains and Seas,”2 hereafter the SHJ), compiled no later than the beginning of the first century ,3 occupies a special place among terrestrial descriptions surviving from ancient China. Being the most voluminous among these texts (c. 30,000 characters), it is distinguished by the large scope of territories encompassed, the multiplicity of landmarks enumerated, and the many details related to these landmarks.4
