East Asian Mythology: China and Japan

Sources of Chinese Mythology

What is Huainanzi?

It was Liu An, the King of Huainan, himself who was the primary compiler of Huainanzi in about 139 B.C.E. It is based on the knowledge of many scholars of Huainan and is the source for many of the stories of Chinese mythology.

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