Mysterious Catalog/Mistake Catalog

The "saku" in "kaisaku" refers to the wide variety of living things. "Illusions of the Sea," painted by Nie Huang, a Qing Dynasty painter and biology enthusiast, is a valuable and mysterious book that contains illustrations of over 300 species of organisms, covering most of the major groups of invertebrates and chordata, as well as a large number of coastal plants. However, the book contains descriptions of animals that Nie Huang had never seen, the appearances of animals he drew based on descriptions by others are quite different from the real animals, and some descriptions of creatures' habits are correct, while others are incorrect. To this end, the author Zhang Chenliang traveled to Liaoning, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Tianjin, Japan, Thailand and other places to collect information, discover clues in Nie Huang's writings and paintings, assess their authenticity and compile them into the 30 pieces in this book.

The "illusion" in "sea illusion" means a wide variety of organisms. The "Iiiiustrations of Ocean Creatures" painted by the Qing dynasty painter and biology enthusiast Nie Huang, is a very valuable and mysterious book, depicting more than 300 species of organisms covering most of the major groups in the phylum invertebrata and chordata, as well as a large number of coastal plants. However, the book also includes descriptions of animals that Nie Huang had never seen in person, and the appearance of the animals depicted based on the descriptions of others differs greatly from the actual animals. Also, some descriptions of the creatures' habits are correct, while others are incorrect. Therefore, the author, Zhang Chenliang, traveled to Liaoning, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Tianjin, Japan, Thailand, and other places to collect materials, found clues in Nie's writings and paintings, determined their authenticity, and wrote the 30 articles in this book.

Language: Chinese

Binding: Softbound

Pages: 240