“精卫填海”神话始见于《山海经·北山经》:“发鸠之山,其上多柘木。有鸟焉,其状如乌,文首,白喙,赤足,名曰精卫,其名自叫。是炎帝少女名曰女娃。女娃游于东海,溺而不返,故为精卫。常衔西山之木石,以堙于东海。”又,《述异记》卷上云:“昔炎帝少女溺死东海中,化为精卫……精卫偶海燕而生子,生雌状如精卫,生雄如海燕。今东海精卫誓水处,曾溺此川,誓不饮其水。一名鸟市,一名冤禽,又名志鸟,俗呼帝女雀。”左思、颜之椎、陶潜、李白、胡斗南、边贡等都有吟咏,然而,“精卫填海”作为一则神话资料。却一直尚未得到充分的诠释,今将这则神话的有关几个问题试作考释如下: “Jingwei reclamation” myth began in the “Shan Hai Jing Beishanjing”: “hair dove of the mountain, the more alder wood. Bird Yan, its shape like Ukraine, the first man, white beak, barefoot, the name Jingwei, Its name is called .Is the name of the girl emperor Yan Di.Daughter swim in the East China Sea, drown without returning, it is the fine Wei.Often the Western Hills of the wood stone, in the East China Sea. Yun said: ”Xi Yan Di girl drowned in the East China Sea, into fine Wei ... ... Jing Wei even Swallow and have children, raw females such as Jingwei, male and male, such as Swallow this Jinghai oath the East China Sea, had drown this river, vows Drink water. A bird market, a miscarriage of birds, also known as the bird, vulgar calligame. “Zuo Si, Yan of the vertebra, Tao Qian, Li Bai, Hu Dounan, side tribute, etc. have chant, however, Reclamation ”as a mythological information. But it has not yet been fully interpreted. We will try to test several issues concerning this myth as follows: