Shi Yi Ji is a Chinese mythological / historical treatise compiled by the Taoist

Taoism

Taoism refers to a philosophical or religious tradition in which the basic concept is to establish harmony with the Tao , which is the mechanism of everything that exists...

 scholar Wang Jia

Wang Jia

Wang Jia , courtesy name Zinian , was a Chinese Taoist hermit and scholar.He is known as the compiler of 拾遺記 , whose title has been variously translated as Record of Heretofore Lost Works, Researches into Lost Records,...

 (died 390). The title of the work has been variously translated into English as Record of Heretofore Lost Works, Researches into Lost Records,
Record of Gleanings,
or Forgotten Tales.

The verb shiyi (拾遺) is translated be modern dictionaries as "to appropriate lost property", or, when used in book titles, "to make up for omissions". Accordingly, the work is based on "apocryphal" versions of early (legendary) Chinese history, which must have been produced during the Eastern Han Dynasty. For example, Shi Yi Ji's version of the story of Yu the Great

Yu the Great

Yu the Great , was a legendary ruler of Ancient China famed for his introduction of flood control, inaugurating dynastic rule in China by founding the Xia Dynasty, and for his upright moral character....

 has a yellow dragon and a black turtle helping Yu to create the geographical features of China, and to name them - details not found in Shan Hai Jing

Shan Hai Jing

Shan Hai Jing is a Chinese classic text, and a compilation of early geography and myth. Versions of the text have existed since the 4th century BC, and by the early Han Dynasty it had reached its final form. It is largely a fabled geographical and cultural account of pre-Qin China as well as a...

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