[山海经 / 山海經, Shān Hǎi Jīng, ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄥ]Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc#49020[Add to Longdo]
[郢书燕说 / 郢書燕說, Yǐng shū Yān shuō, ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ]words distorted in reading (成语 saw); cf letter from Chu 楚 capital Ying 郢|郢 contains inadvertent words "hold up the candle" that minister of Yan 燕 puzzles out to mean "brilliant prospects"#453435[Add to Longdo]
[摩诃婆罗多 / 摩訶婆羅多, Mó hē pó luó duō, ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ ㄆㄛˊ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄉㄨㄛ]Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after Rāmāyana 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那, possibly originally c. 4th century BC; contains many reference to people and lands in central Asia called China[Add to Longdo]