Repicturing the Realm:Pictorial Shanhai Jing by Hu Wenhuan and the Knowledge Reconstruction of The Classic of Mountains and Seas in Late Imperial China
In the context of printing and book culture in late imperial China,Hu Wenhuan's Pictorial Shanhai Jing plays a crucial role by delineating the trajectory of the reception of The Classics of Mountains and Seas as it permeates into the common people through its secularized visual and textual form.And,it reflects,through its intertextuality with popular literature,the modes of knowledge reconstruction within The Classic of Mountains and Seas.It is in this sense that Pictorial Shanhai Jing by Hu Wenhuan provides crucial clues for understanding the reception and transmission of early classics.
The Classic of Mountains and SeasHu Wenhuapopular culturereception historyknowledge transmission