博物

博物志

Records of Diverse Matters

张华 Zhang Hua（232 — 300） · 西晋 · Western Jin Dynasty

天地万物，无所不谈——会说话的树、发光的珠、狗头人身的异族、深海中的珊瑚。六朝博物学的百科全书。

An encyclopedia of the strange and wonderful — talking trees, luminous pearls, dog-headed peoples, and coral from the deep sea. The Six Dynasties compendium of natural marvels.

九尾狐 · 穷奇 · 比翼鸟

九尾狐现则天下太平，穷奇食人而不食忠信之人，比翼鸟一目一翼须并肩才能飞——《山海经》式的异兽大全。

The nine-tailed fox whose appearance heralds peace; the Qiongqi who eats the wicked but spares the faithful; the birds that fly only in pairs because each has one wing and one eye.

异兽山海经博物

不死草 · 指南树 · 相思木

不死草割而复生，指南树之叶永远指向南方，相思木之枝随风而断——每一种植物都是一个自然之谜。

The Undying Grass that grows back when cut; the Compass Tree whose leaves always point south; the Acacia Wood that snaps in the wind of longing.

植物博物神奇

Foreign Lands & Peoples

狗民国 · 穿胸国 · 轩辕国

狗头人身的国民、胸口有洞可以穿杆而过的异族、以蛇为食的海边部落——六朝人对世界边缘的想象。

Dog-headed people, men with holes through their chests, tribes that eat snakes — the Six Dynasties imagination of the world's edges.

异域异人博物

Luminous Things

夜明珠 · 火浣布 · 切玉刀

夜明珠可照百步，火浣布入火不焚反洁，切玉刀削玉如泥——古人对矿物奇迹的惊叹与记录。

Pearls that glow for a hundred paces, cloth that gets cleaner in fire, blades that cut jade like clay — the mineral marvels that astonished the ancient world.

珠玉矿物博物

长人 · 多力 · 异能

身高三丈的巨人、力能拔树的力士、能听蚁语的异人——六朝博物志中的人体极限。

Giants thirty feet tall, strongmen who uproot trees, men who can hear ants speak — the human body pushed to its limits in Six Dynasties naturalism.

异人博物奇能

Alchemical Arts

炼丹 · 辟谷 · 变化

方士炼丹成金、辟谷不食、画地为牢——六朝人对物质变化的探索，既是原始化学也是信仰。

Alchemists who turn lead to gold, fasters who need no food, artists who draw prison walls on the ground — where proto-chemistry meets faith.

方术炼丹博物

出处 Source

书名：博物志

英文：Records of Diverse Matters

作者：张华（232—300）

朝代：西晋 Western Jin

体裁：博物类志怪

原书：10卷，分38类

About the Author 作者简介

张华，字茂先，西晋重臣、文学家。博学多闻，世称"张博物"。官至司空，后因政治斗争被杀。其《博物志》上承《山海经》，下启《酉阳杂俎》，是中国博物学传统的关键著作。

Zhang Hua was a Western Jin statesman known for his encyclopedic knowledge — so famous for it that people called him "Zhang the Encyclopedist." His Bowu Zhi bridges the gap between the ancient Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Tang dynasty's Youyang Zazu, forming the backbone of the Chinese naturalist tradition.

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