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This book is a collection of cultural essays about "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" written by freelance writer Liu Chaofei. This book focuses on the issue of famous objects in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", especially the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". The focus is on the plain content in this work that talks a lot about monsters. It connects the magical objects in the classics with common objects in life. It refers to Taoist documents such as "Zhuangzi" and other classical literary works to explore the cultural significance and aesthetic connotation of famous objects in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". It analyzes the connections and differences between China's native natural history, natural history imported from the West and Japanese "monsterology", and puts forward the perspective of building natural history with Chinese characteristics.