《古今圖書集成》是康熙年間由陳夢雷主持編纂的一部大型官修類書，共有一萬卷，分為曆象、方輿、明倫、博物、理學、經濟等六大彙編。《集成》的〈神異典〉、〈邊裔典〉、〈禽蟲典〉，徵引《山海經》的圖像與文本，〈禽蟲典〉除各種常見的飛禽走獸以外，也收入來自《山海經》中形態特異的靈禽瑞獸，從鳥獸到蟲魚，一應俱全，如夔、開明獸、九尾狐、畢方鳥、精衛、應龍等等，數量超過〈神異典〉與〈邊裔典〉。
      〈禽蟲典〉中關於《山海經》的圖文資料，似乎也影響了《獸譜》。《獸譜》總共有一百八十幅圖，包括瑞獸、異獸、神獸等，是一部圖文並茂的動物圖誌。而其中的瑞獸是以《古今圖書集成》為摹本繪製的，或者，更精確地說，《獸譜》是在《禽蟲典．異獸部》的基礎上加工繪製的。
     本文聚焦〈禽蟲典〉與《獸譜》中的《山海經》圖像，以晚明清初流傳的幾種《山海經圖》為參照，包括《三才圖會》、蔣應鎬繪本等，除考證眾多瑞獸圖本的來源與版本問題外，主要探討來源於《山海經》的瑞獸圖像在《集成》與《獸譜》中的核心意義，並比較原為騎馬狩獵民族的大清帝國，對飛禽走獸的特殊愛好，其中或許也展現明清以來宮廷對博物知識的興趣。

    Gujin Tushu Jicheng is a vast Leishu during the reigns of the Qing dynasty emperor Kangxi, which headed and compiled mainly by scholar Chen Meng lei. It consists of approximately 10 thousand volumes, divided into six major series, namely calendar, geography, society, nature, philosophy, and economy. Shen Yi Chapter, Bian Yi Chapter, and Qin Chong Chapter from Jicheng all cited figures and texts from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. In addition to a variety of common birds and beasts, the Qin Chong Dian cited the spiritual birds and auspicious animals of various appearances from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. From birds and beasts to insects and fishes, nothing was missed. The examples include Kui, Kaiming Beast, Ninetailed Fox, Bi Fang Bird, Jingwei, Yinglong. The number exceeds those in Shen Yi
Dian and Bian Yi Dian.
     The cited figures and texts of Classic of Mountains and Seas in Qin Chong Chapter appear to infl uence Shou Pu. A total of 180 fi gures in Shou Pu include auspicious animals, strange beasts, and spiritual animals, making it a animal illustration filled with outstanding drawings and texts. Among them, spiritual animals were painted based on the contents of Gujin Tushu Jicheng. Or put more precisely, Shou Pu was created by reworking on the basis of Qin Chong Chapter-Strange Beast Section.  

      This study puts emphasis in the figures of the Classic of Mountains and Seas cited by Qin Chong Chapter and Shou Pu, and refers to several versions of Shanhaijing Tu (Illustrations of the Classic of Mountains and Seas) circulated in late
Ming and Qing dynasties. In addition to address issues such as sources and editions of numerous illustrations of spiritual animals,this study primarily aims to examine the core meaning of the figures of spiritual animals from the Classic of Mountains and Seas to Jicheng and Shou Pu, and compares the interests in knowledge of natural science between Ming and Qing dynasties as Qing dynasty was originally a ethnic group who loved horse riding and hunting and might have special preference for birds and beasts.