Huainan Zi, also known as Huainan Lie Hong, was compiled by Liu An, the imperial clan of the Western Han Dynasty. According to Hanshu. The History of Literature and Art says: "There are twenty-one articles in Huainan and thirty-three articles outside", and Yan Shigu notes: "The twenty-one articles in the book are probably the legacy of the original book.

According to the high order, "red" means broad, and "fierce" means bright. The author thinks that this book contains broad and distinct principles. The content of the book is complex, which combines Taoism, Yin and Yang, Mohism, Buddhism and some Confucianism, but the main idea tends to Taoism. Hanshu. Yi Wenzhi listed it as a saint.

When explaining philosophy, Huainanzi refers to strange things and ghosts and gods, and retains some mythological materials, such as Goddess Mending the Heaven, Shooting the Sun in Houyi, and * * * Don't touch the surrounding mountains with public anger, etc., which are mainly circulated in this book. Huainanzi is of great literary and historical value. Its profound content contains rich ideological and cultural resources in philosophy, history, literature and other fields.

Starting from the nature of heaven, the book advocates inaction, elaborates the theory of "Tao", "Qi" and the formation of the universe, and uses a large number of fairy tales and historical legends to explain it, preserving a large number of ancient history and mythological materials.