大陆农耕文明对于海洋,是有它的选择性记忆的。中国最著名的关于海洋的神话,如“精卫填海”、“张生煮海”等,都隐隐透露出陆地对于海洋的征服同化意欲。出生于青岛的盛文强却是一位有志于为海洋文明代言的作者,在最新出版的《海怪简史》中,他为中国海洋文明特别是胶东沿海文明写下了它的“博物志”与“幽明录”。《海怪简史》里,形形色色的海怪,或在渔村的民间传说中顾盼自雄,或在文人的志怪笔记中偶露鳞爪,它们时时探头从黑夜的波涛 The Chinese farming civilization has its selective memory for the oceans. The most famous Chinese myths about the oceans, such as “Jingwei Reclamation” and “Zhangsheng Bohai” all reveal the intentions of the land to conquer and assimilate the oceans. Sheng Wenqiang was born in Qingdao but is an author interested in endorsement of marine civilization. In the newly published “Brief History of the Sea Monsters,” he wrote down his “Book of Natural History” for the Chinese maritime civilization, especially the coastal civilization of Jiaodong. “And” quiet record ". A brief history of the sea monster, all kinds of sea monsters, or in the folklore of fishing village stubborn pride, or in the literary ghost notes even uncovered scales, they always probe from the night of the waves