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Chinese Literature
Geography and gazeteers (dili difangzhi 地理地方志)


The type of books on geography (dili lei 地理類) is a sub-category to the literary category of historiography (shibu 史部) in the collectaneum Siku quanshu 四庫全書. It includes books on administrative geography, local gazetteers, as well as loose descriptions of particular regions, places and foreign countries, their physical geography, customs and habits of the local population, local products, “touristic spots”, and so on. The compilers of the Siku quanshu divided this large section into ten parts: Palaces (gongdian 宮殿, 2 books), comprehensive imperial geographies (zongzhi 總志, 7 books), particular places and regions, including the provincial gazetteers of the early Qing period (duhui junxian 都會郡縣, 47 books), river conservancy and books on the Yellow River (hefang 河防, 23 books), border resp. coastal defense (bianfang 邊防, 2 books), mountains and lakes (shanshui 山水, 7 books), antique places (guji 古跡, 14 books), miscellaneous geographies (zaji 雜記, 29 books), travels (youji 游記, 3 books), descriptions of foreign countries (waiji 外記, 17 books). The section of geographical treatises in the Siku quanshu includes 151 books. The most important books are the Yuanhe junxian zhi 元和郡縣志, Yuanfeng jiuyu zhi 元豐九域志, Luoyang qielan ji 洛陽伽藍記, Jing-Chu suishi ji 荊楚歲時記, Dongjing menghua lu 東京楚華錄, Xu Xiake youji 徐霞客游記, Da-Tang xiyu ji 大唐西域記, Zhufanzhi 諸蕃志 and Zhenla fengtu ji 真臘風土記.

書名 Title Composer(s)
宮殿簿之屬 gongdian pu Palaces
三輔黃圖 Sanfu huangtu (???) Anon.
總志之屬 zongzhi Imperial geographies
元和郡縣志 Yuanhe junxian zhi (Tang) 李吉甫 Li Jifu
太平寰宇記 * Taiping huanyu ji (Song) 樂史 Yue Shi
元豐九域志 Yuanfeng jiuyu zhi (Song) 王存 Wang Cun (imp. ord.)
輿地廣記 Yudi guangji (Song) 歐陽忞 Ouyang Min
輿地紀勝 * Yudi jisheng (Song) 王象之 Wang Xiangzhi
大元大一統志 Da-Yuan dayitong zhi (Yuan) 札馬剌丁 Jamal ad-Din, 虞應龍 Yu Yinglong (et al.; imp. ord.)
寰宇通志 Huanyu tongzhi (Ming) 夏原吉 Xia Yuanji (et al.; imp. ord.)
大明一統志 (Da-)Ming yitongzhi (Ming) 李賢 Li Xian (et al.; imp. ord.)
大清一統志 Da-Qing yitong zhi (Qing) 和坤 Heshen (et al.; imp. ord.)
皇輿全圖 * Huangyu quantu (Qing) (comp.; imp. ord.)
乾隆內府輿圖 * Qianlong neifu yutu (Qing) (comp.; imp. ord.)
讀方輿紀要 * Du fangyu jiyao (Qing) 顧祖禹 Gu Zuyu
都會郡縣之屬 du hui jun xian Capital Cities, large Cities, commanderies and counties
淳熙三山志 Chunxi Sanshan zhi (Song) 陳傅良 Chen Fuliang, 梁克家 Liang Kejia
吳郡志 Wujun zhi (Song) 范成大 Fan Chengda
會稽志 Guiji zhi (Song) 施宿 Shi Su (et al.)
景定建康志 Jingding Jiankang zhi (Song) 周應合 Zhou Yinghe
咸淳臨安志 Xianchun Lin'an zhi (Song) 潛說友 Qian Yueyou/Shuoyou
齊乘 Qi cheng (Yuan) 于欽 Yu Qin
滇略 Dianlüe (Ming) 謝肇浙 Xie Zhaozhe
后湖志 * Houhu zhi (Ming) 趙官 Zhao Guan
天下郡國利病書 * Tianxia junguo libing shu (Ming) 顧炎武 Gu Yanwu
欽定滿洲源流考 (Qinding) Manzhou yuanliu kao (Qing) 阿桂 Agui, 于敏中 Yu Minzhong (et al.; imp. ord.)
欽定皇輿西域圖志 (Qinding) Huangyu xiyu tuzhi (Qing) 傅恆 Fuheng、劉統勳 Liu Tongxun、于敏中 Yu Minzhong (et al.; imp. ord.)
四川通志 Sichuan tongzhi (Qing) 黃廷桂 Huang Tinggui (et al. rev.); 張晉生 Zhang Jinsheng (et al.; comp.)
河渠之屬 hequ Rivers and canals
水經注 Shuijingzhu (Later Wei) 酈道元 Li Daoyuan
吳中水利書 Wuzhong shuili shu (Song) 單鍔 Shan E
河防通議 Hefang tongyi (Yuan) "沙克什 Shakeshi"
治河圖略 Zhihe tulan (Yuan) 王喜 Wang Xi
行水金鑒 Xingshui jinjian (Qing) 傅澤洪 Fu Zehong
邊防之屬 bianfang Frontier defense
籌海圖編 Chouhai tubian (Ming) 鄭若曾 Zheng Ruoceng
山水之屬 shanshui Mountains and lakes
南岳小錄 Nanyue xiaolu (Tang) 李沖昭 Li Chongzhao
廬山記 Lushanji (Song) 陳舜俞 Chen Shunyu
西湖游覽志 Xihu youlan zhi (Ming) 田汝成 Tian Ruicheng
古跡之屬 guji Antique places
洛陽伽藍記 Luoyang qielan ji (Later Wei) 楊炫之 Yang Xianzhi
吳地記 Wudizhi (Tang) 陸廣微 Lu Guangwei (?)
長安志 Chang'anzhi (Song) 宋敏求 Song Minqiu
洛陽名園記 Luoyang mingyuan ji (Song) 李格非 Li Gefei
雍錄 Yonglu (Song) 筒鰶 Tong Ji
長安志圖 Chang'an zhitu (Yuan) 李好文 Li Haowen
汴京遺跡志 Bianjing yiji zhi (Ming) 李濂 Li Lian
雜記之屬 zaji Miscellaneous geographies
南方草木狀 Nanfang caomu zhuang (Jin) 嵇含 Xi Han
荊楚歲時記 Jing-Chu suishi ji (Liang) 宗懍 Zong Lin
北戶錄 Beihulu (Tang) 段公路 Duan Gonglu (comp.); 龜圖 Qiu Tu (comm.)
桂林風土記 Guilin fengtu ji (Tang) 莫休符 Mo Xiufu
益部方物略記 Yibu fangwu lüeji (Song) 宋祁 Song Qi
東京夢華錄 Dongjing menghua lu (Song) 孟元老 Meng Yuanlao
六朝事跡編類 Liuchao shiji bianlei (Song) 張敦頤 Zhang Dunyi
會稽三賦 Guiji sanfu (Song) 王十朋 Wang Shipeng (comp.); 周世則 Zhou Shize, 史鑄 Shi Zhu (comm.)
桂海虞衡志 Guihai yuheng zhi (Song) 范成大 Fan Chengda
嶺外代答 Lingwai daida (Song) 周去非 Zhou Qufei
都城紀勝 Ducheng jisheng (Song) 耐得翁 Nai Deweng
夢粱錄 Menglianglu (Song) 吳自牧 Wu Zimu
武林舊事 Wulin jiushi (Song) 周密 Zhou Mi
平江記事 Pingjiang jishi (Yuan) 高德基 Gao Deji
蜀中廣記 Shuzhong guangji (Ming) 曹學佺 Cao Xuequan
泐史 * Leshi (Ming, Qing) anon.
黔史 * Qianshi (Qing) 猶法賢 You Faxian
游記之屬 youji Travels
徐霞客游記 Xu Xiake youji (Ming) 徐宏祖 Xu Hongzu
外紀之屬 waiji Descriptions of foreign countries
佛國記 Foguoji (Liu-Song) 法顯 Faxian
大唐西域記 Da-Tang xiyu ji (Tang) 玄奘 Xuanzang, 辯機 Bianji
諸蕃志 Zhufanzhi (Song) 趙汝適 Zhao Rushi
真臘風土記 Zhenla fengtu ji (Yuan) 周達觀 Zhou Daguan
島夷志略 Daoyi zhilüe (Yuan) 汪大淵 Wang Dayuan
殊域周咨錄 * Shuyu zhouzi lu (Ming) 嚴從簡 Yan Congjian
星槎勝覽 * Xingcha shenglan (Ming) 費信 Fei Xin
瀛涯勝覽 * Yingya shenglan (Ming) 馬歡 Ma Huan
鄭和航海圖 * Zhenghe hanghai tu (Ming) (et al.; imp. ord.)
西域行程記 * Xiyu xingcheng ji (Ming) 陳誠 Chen Cheng, 李暹 Li Jin
坤輿圖說 Kunyu tushuo (Ming) 南懷仁 "Nan Huairen" Ferdinand Verbiest
東西洋考 Dong-Xiyang kao (Ming) Zhang Xie 張燮
皇清職貢圖 Huang-Qing zhigong tu (Qing) 傅恒 Fu Heng (comp.)
小方壺齋輿地叢鈔 * Xiaofanghuzhai yudi congchao (Qing) 王錫祺 Wang Xiqi (comp.)

* not contained in the Siku quanshu

Chinese literature according to the four-category system

3 July, 2010 © Ulrich Theobald · Mail