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English
Nunn, Godfrey Raymond. Asia, reference works: a select annotated guide. London: Mansell, 1980.
A solid introduction to reference works for South, Southeast, and East Asia. Predominately Western language sources. Organized by subject and type of material listed (dictionaries, catalogs, bibliographies e.g.). Contains author and title indexes, as well as a CJK title index.
Wilkinson, Endymion. Chinese History: A Manual. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Asia Center, 1998.
This new and much enlarged (1068 pp.) edition of Wilkinson’s research guide is an indispensable manual for anyone doing research on the imperial era of China’s history. Starting in the pre-Qin period, the guide is particularly useful for the classical sources and earlier dynasties. The early part of the manual covers all of the basics in impressive and reliable detail: language, dictionaries, geography, time, statistics, encyclopedias, and tools for locating primary and secondary sources. Part II treats Pre-Qin sources; Part III covers historical genres, from standard histories to government institutions, to warfare and uprisings; Part IV covers literary and other primary sources, including biji, myth and religion, popular literature, medicine, women’s studies and non-Han peoples; and Part IV introduces primary sources by period. There is an index of names, book titles and a subject index.
Wilkinson, Endymion Porter. The history of imperial China; a research guide, Harvard East Asian monographs 49. Cambridge, Mass.,: East Asian Research Center Harvard University; distributed by Harvard University Press, 1973.
This edition was published in 1973 and has now be superceded by a new edition that just appeared (above) The structure is very similar to Nathan (below), but the coverage is limited to imperial (and pre-imperial) China from oracle bones through the Qing. The practical approach is evident in section titles: How to Find Out What Sources Are Available from a Given Period; Where to Find Primary Sources; How to Convert Dates, etc. The guide is most useful for introducing and explaining the compilation, organization, contents, and uses of primary sources from the imperial period. Brief subject and author indexes.
Cole, James H., and Endymion Porter Wilkinson. Updating Wilkinson : an annotated bibliography of reference works on imperial China published since 1973. New York, N.Y.: J.H. Cole, 1991.
Now essentially replaced by the new edition of Wilkinson.
Zurndorfer, Harriet Thelma. China bibliography: a research guide to reference works about China past and present, Handbuch der Orientalistik. Vierte Abteilung, China 10. Bd. Leiden ; New York: E.J. Brill, 1995.
A complete and up-to-date research guide to Chinese studies. Though it covers the entire history of "China Past and Present," it is most useful for the late imperial period. The 55 page Introduction provides a very useful history of Western Sinology, especially its European roots. Each section includes a substantial introductory essay and then an annotated bibliography of key sources. The Bibliographies section alone covers 44 pages. The other sections cover Journals and Newspapers; Biography; Geography; Dictionaries; Encyclopedias, Yearbooks and Statistics; Collectanea (Congshu); Indexes and Concordances; the Calendar; and Translations. Includes a full and useful index.
Nathan, Andrew J. Modern China, 1840-1972 : an introduction to sources and research aids, Michigan papers in Chinese studies ; no. 14. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies, 1973.
A dated but still useful research guide that covers the major research aids available in 1973. Brief annotations are provided on bibliographies, chronologies, geographic and biographic sources, newspapers, periodicals, yearbooks, documentary collections and guides to Japanese, English, and Russian language sources, including missionary sources. The introductions to major research collections in North America, Europe and Japan provide a useful overview for those areas; though Chinese libraries and archives were opened after this guide was published, and they are not covered at all. Full and useful index.
Franke, Wolfgang. An introduction to the sources of Ming history. Kuala Lumpur,: University of Malaya Press distributed by Oxford University Press London, 1968.
A guide to primary sources. Provides an introduction to types of sources encountered in Ming studies. Organized by type of writing (e.g. "works in the annalistic pattern," collections of memorials).
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Dictionaries of Political Administration
Geographical Dictionaries (see SPACE)
Taiwan Shangwu Yinshuguan. Ciyuan, daluban. 辭源, 大陸版 (1979).
Classical Chinese --> Modern Chinese. 12,890 characters; 84,134 compounds. Gives many examples from historical documents and good proper name identification. Characters arranged by Kangxi standard radical + stroke order. Indicates pronunciation of the main character, but not of subsequent characters in the compounds, which is troublesome when characters have multiple pronunciations. There are many available versions of this dictionary, the compilation of which began in 1908. PRC versions, based on the 1915 and 1931, first appeared in 1964, and seek to reflect Chinese usage before the Opium War and the introduction of modern neologisms. Another version is:
Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Henan ciyuan xiudingzu and Shangwu yinshuguan, eds. Ciyuan (xiudingben). 辞源(修订本). Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 1988.
In addition to above, includes four-corner and pinyin indexes at back of volume.
Cihai bianji weiyuanhui. Cihai: = 辭海. Xianggang Shanghai: Zhonghua shuju (Xianggang) yu xiangongsi, 1989.
This is an easy-to-use encyclopedia, organized by radicals but also containing a pinyin index. Includes much modern scientific terminology. Three volumes.
Xinhua zidian. 新华字典. Beijing: Shangwu yinshuguan, 1987.
A handy little pocket dictionary, useful for accurate pronunciation guide and conversation of simplified to complex characters. Arranged by pinyin pronunciation with (simplified character) radical index in front.
Liang, Shiqiu, and Fangjie Zhang. Yuandong Han Ying da zidian. 遠東漢英大字典 = Far East Chinese-English Dictionary. Taibei shi: Yuandong tushu gongsi, 1997.
A very handy dictionary with pinyin and Wade-Giles index in addition to the character index. Apparently there are both Taiwan and PRC editions.
Mathews, R. H., and China Inland Mission. Mathew's Chinese-English dictionary = Maishi Han Ying da zidian. Rev. American ed. Cambridge, Mass.,: Harvard University Press, 1961.
Despite its irregular organization and romanization (including unreliable Southern-influenced pronunciations for some characters), this is a very useful dictionary for early twentieth-century usage. It contains extensive compound listings for individual characters, although readers should be aware that some of these compound definitions are limited in their scope, and many reflect the intended missionary audience of this work.
Chou, Ts’e-tsung, and R. H. Mathews. A new index to Mathew's Chinese-English dictionary, based on the "Chung" system for arranging Chinese characters. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, 1972.
Morohashi, Tetsuji, and Tôyô Gakujutsu Kenkyûjo. Dai Kan-Wa jiten. 大漢和辭典. Shûtei dai 2-han. ed. Tôkyô: Taishûkan Shoten, 1989.
This dictionary is perhaps the most comprehensive of its type in terms of the sources culled for its compilation. It contains close to 48,902 characters, most with many compounds listed. It has been lauded for its documentation of sources and encyclopedic coverage (Wilkinson, 9). Close to definitive when you are seeking the classical allusions and historical usage for a character or compound.
Nash, Vernon, and Herbert Allen Giles. Trindex: an index to three dictionaries: Giles' Chinese-English dictionary, K’ang Hsi tzu tien, P’ei wen yun fu;
Lists the 13,848 characters of Giles' dictionary, arranged in numerical sequence according to the Kuei hsieh system of converting characters into numerals devised by the editors of the Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological index series. Taipei: Ch'eng-Wen Pub. Co., 1967.
Dictionaries of Political Administration
Hucker, Charles O. A dictionary of official titles in Imperial China. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1985.
The invaluable reference for imperial history begins with a long introduction that offers concise descriptions of governmental organization, dynasty by dynasty from Zhou to Qing, including simple organizational charts for most dynasties. The main body of the dictionary, prefaced by a user's guide, consists of 8,291 individual entries for titles, names of offices, and related terminology, in which differing usages are explained and pan-dynastic evolutions are traced, and English translations are given. This is followed by a finding-list of suggested English renderings (English index), another for Chinese characters and compounds (Chinese index), and a conversion table from pinyin Romanization.
H.S.Brunnert and V.V.Hagelstrom. Present day political organization of China (Zhongguo qingmo zhengzhi zuzhi). Taibei, Book World Co., 1964 (Original edition: 1911).
This helpful book gives a detailed account of the governmental organizations of late Qing. It begins with the Emperor, the imperial court and metropolitan government, then it deals with central ministries, finally it discuss the local administration, civil and military. In each entry, it provides Chinese title, Engish equavalent, and explanation about its function. The English translations of titles have become conventional, and, with the original edition published in 1911, it is uniquely useful for New Policy reform institutions.
Yu, Lunian. Zhongguo guanzhi da cidian. 中国官职大辞典. Haerbin shi: Heilongjiang renmin chubanshe, 1992.
The main body contains 13,682 entries covering the period from ancient times to 1949. It falls into the following categories: origins of the official system, emperor system, central decision-making organs, central administrative institutions, local administrative institutions, judicial and supervisorial institutions, military institutions, civil examination systems, and official management systems. In each entry, different usages are explained and pan-dynastic changes are traced. It also includes many charts which offer concise organizational information about institutions.
Zhang, Zhenglang. Zhongguo gudai zhiguan da cidian. 中国古代职官大辞典. Zhengzhou shi: Henan renmin chubanshe, 1990.
It contains official titles and office names from ancient China to 1840. Organized by stroke
Bilancia, Philip R. Dictionary of Chinese law and government, Chinese-English. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1981.
Contains more than 25,000 Chinese terms covering the period from 1939 to 1977. Each main entry contains one or more of the following: English equivalent, definitions or explanations, cross references to related terms, and sub-entries. Organized in alphabetical order.
Lau, Yee-fui, Wan-yee Ho, Sai-cheung Yeung, and Nancy Ma. Glossary of Chinese political phrases. Hong Kong: Union Research Institute, 1977.
The glossary of Maoist era political terminology contains 2,054 entries which are presented alphabetically according to the pinyin romanization system. The period covered by the glossary spans the entire history of Chinese communist movement but is particularlly relevant to 1949-1977. Items chosen for inclusion are judged on the basis of their saliency and frequency of use in the political, economic and social life of PRC. Following each entry is a brief explanation drawn from specific sources in the Chinese press.
Guoli zhengzhi daxue, Guoji guanxi yanjiu zhongxin, and Warren Kuo. A comprehensive glossary of Chinese communist terminology. Taipei: Institute of International Relations National Chengchi University Republic of China, 1978.
The 2,287 entries cover the period from the inception of the CCP in 1921 through March 1977. Entries are listed in alphabetical order according to the Wade-Giles romanization system. In the explanation of most entries, an attempt has been made to provide the names, dates, places, movements and incidents connected with the terms.
Song, Chun, and Zhu Jianhua. Zhongguo zhengdan cidian. 中国政党辞典. Changchun shi: Jilin wenshi chubanshe, 1988.
Contains 1,232 entries (1840-1985), and is divided into the following categories: parties, political groups and organiztions, party programmes, works and documents, periodicals, conferences, major events, and party leaders. Generally, it doesn't include much information on the CCP, concentrating on other Chinese parties. Organized by subject.
Jingji da cidian. 经济大辞典. Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe, 1983–.
A set of handy Chinese dictionaries about all aspects of the economy. Except for the volume on the agricultural economy, which is arranged according to subject, the entries in all the volumes are arranged according to number of strokes. Appendices for relevant laws and regulations, weights and measures, statistics, and pronunciation. A series of specialist volumes include: industrial economy (1983), agricultural economy (1983), world economy (1985), commercial economy (1986), finance (1987), budget (1987), export trade (1990), quantative economy (1990), planning economy (1990), the history of Chinese economy (1993)
Wang, Yiying. Zhonghua faxue da cidian. 中华法学大辞典. Beijing shi: Zhongguo jiancha chubanshe, 1997.
A large law encyclopedia. It is divided into 10 volumes: legal theories, legal history, constitutions, civil law, labour law, administrative law, economic law, criminal law, procedure law, and international law. Each volume is arranged by pinyin. In the volume of labour law, it has an index.
Jiang, Ping, Cao Zidan, Wu Zhangzhen, and Yan Duan. Zhongguo sifa da cidian. 中国司法大辞典. Changchun shi: Jilin renmin chubanshe, 1991.
Dictionary about ancient and modern judiciary. The 5,500 entries are divided into the following categories: general features, criminal law, civil law, economic law, administrative law, foreign law, and ancient law.
Li, Qing, Li Fang, Ma Xinfu, Long Sirong, and Gao Ge. Zhonghua shiyong faxue da cidian. 中国实用法学大辞典. Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe, 1988.
A large comprehensive legal dictionary, it contains over 10,000 entries of legal terms, including legal phrases, special terms, law, regulations, legal theories and schools, codes, legal texts, and persons.
Xue, Bo. Han Ying falü da cidian. 汉英法律大辞典. Beijing: Waiwen chubanshe, 1995.
This dictionary contains about 70,000 entries. Most are drawn from Chinese legal terms, the rest being Chinese translations of foreign legal terms, mainly English terms. It pays much attention to the meanings of the words in the context of social development. A large number of the economic legal terms have been included. arranged according to the order of Chinese phonetic alphabet, with pinyin and stroke index.
Jin, Guangming, and Zhanghua Wang. Ying Han faxue da cidian. 英漢法學大辭典 = English-Chinese Dictionary of Law. Taibei shi: Wuzhou chubanshe, 1988.
Contains 40,000 entries of legal terms.
Hung, William, and Harvard-Yenching Institute. Yinde bianzuan chu. Harvard-Yenching Institute Sinological Index Series. Ha-fo Yanjing xueshe yinde tekan. Taiwan authorized reprint ed. Taibei: Chengwen Publishing Company: Distributed by Chinese Materials and Research Aids Service Center, 1966.
This series is recognized as the most comprehensive effort to index Chinese classical works. Although dated, it is recommended as the first step in one's index search.
Academia Sinica,. "Academia Sinica Computing Centre." In www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/ftmsw3.
The index of the future: this web site allows the researcher to perform a keyword search in all of the 25 Dynastic Histories and the 13 Classics (Shisan Jing). Institutional subscription required for use.
Calendars
Zheng, Hesheng 鄭鶴聲. Jindai Zhongxi shiri duizhaobiao. 近代中西史日對照表. Taibei: Guoli bianyi guan, 1966. (Original edition, 1936. A new PRC reprint also exists.)
This is the indispensable reference for conversion between Chinese and Western dates between 1516 (the beginning of direct maritime contact with the West) and 1941. Also includes a separate section on the Taiping calendar. For each day in this period, the Chinese date, Western date, day of the week, and stem-branch date (as is used in the Shilu) are indicated. The twenty-four seasonal solar dates are also indicated.
Hours of Day
The following table indicates the twelve periods into which the Chinese day was divided:
子 11 p.m.–1 a.m.
丑 1–3 a.m.
寅 3–5 a.m.
卯 5–7 a.m.
辰 7–9 a.m.
巳 9–11 a.m.
午 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
未 1–3 p.m.
申 3–5 p.m.
酉 5–7 p.m.
戌 7–9 p.m.
亥 9–11 p.m.
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Specialized (events and topics)
Hahn, Thomas T. "Classified Bibliography of Reference Works on Chinese Historical Geography." In http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/sin/institut/hahn/geoweb.htm.
This web site is a very useful reference. The compiler has indexed the listings by type: bibliography, cartography, and catalogs.
Ding, Shiliang. Zhongguo difangzhi minsu ziliao huibian. 中国地方志民俗资料汇编. Beijing: Shumu wenxian chubanshe, 1989.
A collection of descriptions of local rituals, festivals, etc. selected from local gazetteers and arranged by province and county. For each county there is a list of events by month.
GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES (organized chronologically)
Zhao, Quancheng. Qingdai dili yangebiao. 清代地理沿革表. Jindai Zhongguo shiliao congkan xubian; 628. Taibei xian Yonghe zhen: Wenhai chubanshe, 1979.
This book lists the administrative district changes during the Qing dynasty. Organized by province and administrative region. Includes charts and a four-corner index.
Li, Zhaole. Lidai dilizhi yanbian jinshi. Tai 1 ban, ed., Taibei shi: Taiwan Zhonghua shuju, 1965.
This compilation dates to 1837; it relies on information gleaned from the Standard Histories (Teng and Biggerstaff, 156). Arranged by rhyme, it may frustrate those not used to this method.
Playfair, G. M. H., and Édouard Constant Biot. The cities and towns of China, a geographical dictionary. 2d ed. Shanghai etc.: Kelly & Walsh limited, 1910.
This dictionary provides the location (including latitude and longitude) and administrative status (ca. 1910) of the place listed. It also contains a helpful section which organizes the provinces by their administrative units. It lists circuits, prefectures and counties. Although organized alphabetically, this volume has a radical index.
Zang, Lihe. Zhongguo gujin diming da cidian. Xianggang: Shangwu yinshuguan Xianggang fenguan, 1982.
This place-name dictionary is widely cited in reference works. It gives the location (in 1930s terms) for ancient and modern place-names (Wilkinson, 124).
Xiao, Jianzhong. Zhongguo xianshi gailan. 中国县市概览. Beijing: Haiyang chubanshe, 1991.
This contemporary reference work is arranged by province. It provides geographical and historical data for each listing. It also includes indexes for persons, shrines, and places. (Zurndorfer, 185)
Xiao, Derong, and Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe. Shijie diming lu. 世界地名录. Beijing, Shanghai: Zhongguo da baike quanshe chubanshe, 1984.
This reference book is helpful in providing Chinese transliterations of foreign place-names. It contains English, Chinese, and location indexes. (Zurndorfer, 186)
Liu, Junren. Zhongguo diming da cidian. 中國地名大詞典. Taibei: Wenhai chubanshe, 1967.
This geographical dictionary provides the location and a brief administrative history of the place named. Organized by radical, it also contains a Wade-Giles index.
Niu, Ruchen and Wei Yanyun. Yuanyu diming de Zhongguo xingshi. 源于地名的中国姓氏. Beijing: Tianzi gongye chubanshe, 1988.
This volume relates clan names to their historical places. Organized alphabetically by surname.
United States Board on Geographic Names, United States. Geographic Names Division, and United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Mainland China, official standard names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency, 1976.
Yan, Chongnian. Zhongguo shixian da cidian. 中国市县大辞典 = The Encyclopedia of Chinese Cities & Counties. Di 1 ban, ed. Beijing: Zhonggong zhongyang dangxiao chubanshe: Xinhua shudian jingxiao, 1991.
This work contains comprehensive entries for cities, arranged by province and indexed by stroke (Zurndorfer, 185). It provides contemporary statistics for the places it lists.
Zhongguo ditu chubanshe. Zhonghua renmin gongheguo fensheng ditu ji. 中华人民共和国分省地图集. Shanghai: Zhongguo ditu chubanshe, 1992.
A good general atlas of China in 1992, organized by province. Has a character index by stroke number and a romanized index in pinyin.
Zhang, Qiyun. Zhonghua minguo ditu ji. 中華民國地圖集. Yangmingshan: Guofang yanjiu yuan, 1963.
Political and topographical maps by province. County boundaries indicated. Major towns labeled in English and Chinese. Index. Well printed. Easy to use. Probably best atlas for Republican China.
Ting, Wên-chiang, Weng Wen-hao, and Tseng Shih-ying. Chung-hua min kuo hsüeh and industrial maps circa 1930. Index in Wade-Giles.
Characters do not appear on the maps, but are referenced in the back.
Tôa D’obunkai (Japan), 東亞同文會 and Ryôun Shobô Henshûbu. Chûgoku bunshô chizu: 1918-nen-1944-nen. 中國分省地圖: 1918年–1944年. Tokyo: Ryôun Shobô, 1981.
A single-volume book of historical (1912-1949) maps without romanization organized by province. Accompanying text is Japanese. The maps are fairly difficult to read, and include only basic symbols identifying key ecological features.
Japan. Rukuchi Sokury’obu. Chûgoku tairiku gomanbun no ichi chizu shûsei. 中國大陸五萬分之一地圖集成. Tokyo: Kagaku Shoin: Hatsubaimoto Kasumigaseki Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, 1986.
Three-volume set of enormous maps from the 1920's and 1930's produced by the Japanese military. Organized by province. The characters are blurry and difficult to read, but the scope is enormous. A standard-sized index is available. The scale is 50,000:1, making it a very detailed source and invaluable when village-level identification is necessary. It should be noted, however, that these maps—many based on Chinese army surveys—were invariably done by outsiders and often apparently based on oral identifications, and village names (and characters) are frequently unreliable.
Kagaku Shoin (Itabashi-ku Tokyo Japan), and Japan. Rikuchi Sokury’obu. Ch’ugoku tairiku gomanbun no ichi chizu sh’usei sakuinzu. 中國大陸五萬分之一地圖集成索引: fukumu, Kyû Manshû gomanbun no ichi chizu shûsei. Tokyo: Kagaku Shoin : Hatsubai Kasumigaseki Shuppan Kabushiki Kaisha, 1994.
Standard-sized index to the enormous set of maps entitled Chugoku Tairiku Gomanbun no Ichi Chizu Chusei. Index by character and by many different romanization types, including systems used by French and German speakers.
Historical (reproductions and contemporary maps of pre-20th-century China)
Herrmann, Albert, Paul Wheatley, and Norton Sydney Ginsburg. An historical atlas of China. New ed. Chicago,: Aldine Pub. Co., 1966.
A one-volume set of maps of China ranging from prehistorical times through the late 1950's. Based on the 1935 book entitled Historical and Commercial Atlas of China also by Herrman. 1950's maps display population, agriculture, transportation and industry. Index in romanization. Characters do not appear on the maps, but are referenced in the back.
Tan, Qixiang. Zhongguo lishi ditu ji. 中国历史地图集 = The Historical Atlas of China. Shanghai: Ditu chubanshe: Xinhua shudian Shanghai faxingsuo faxing, 1982.
A beautifully produced set of maps. Prefectural, but not county, boundaries indicated on separate maps for each province. Major rivers and topographical features noted. Complete index by radical. The 8 volumes separately cover each chronological period, from pre-Shang through Qing.
Yang, Shoujing, Teng Chengxiu, and Rao Dunzhi. Lidai yudi yange tu. 歷代域地沿革圖. Taibei: Lianjing chuban shiye gongsi, 1981.
An eleven-volume set of historical maps, ranging from prehistory through the Qing. The eleventh volume is an index of place names organized first by time period, then by stroke number of the first character.
Hsieh, Chiao-min. Atlas of China. New York,: McGraw-Hill, 1973.
A thorough, basic atlas of China in English. Includes physical, cultural, and basic historical maps (about one per major dynasty). Also provides a few interesting three-dimensional maps and several city plans.
Cao, Wanru. Zhongguo gudai ditu ji: Zhanguo—Yuan. 中国古代地图集: 战国—元 = An Atlas of Ancient Maps in China. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1990.
An atlas of historical maps in color plates from the Warring States period through the Yuan dynasty. Includes essays in Chinese with English abstracts on historical and cartographical issues related to the maps.
Smith, Richard J. Chinese maps: images of "All Under Heaven". New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
A beautiful little book on the history of cartography in China. Includes color reproductions of old maps and discussions of cartography and related topics, such as representations of "barbarians."
Specialized (events and topics)
Zhang, Haipeng. Zhongguo jindai shigao ditu ji. 中国近代史稿地图集. Shanghai: Ditu chubanshe, 1984.
Maps showing armed struggles, wars and rebellions in China from the Opium Wars through 1918. Index by stroke number of place names and names of wars, rebellions, etc.
Xinhai geming Wuchang qi yi ji nianguan. Xinhai gemingshi ditu ji. 辛亥革命史地图集. Beijing: Zhongguo ditu chubanshe, 1991.
A book of maps of the 1911 revolution. Includes a chronology, but no index.
Wu, Yuexing, Zhongguo kangri zhanzheng shi xuehui, Zhongguo renming kangri zhanzheng jinianguan, and Zhongguo ditu chubanshe. Zhongguo kangri zhanzheng shi ditu ji, 1931–1945. 中国抗日战争史地图集. Zhongguo kangri zhanzheng shi congshu. Beijing: Zhongguo ditu chubanshe, 1995.
Maps showing resistance against Japan, 1931-1945. No index, but a detailed chronology is included at the back. Photos of people and battles are included alongside the maps themselves.
Zhongguo dizhi kexueyuan. Dizhi yanjiusuo. ill. Maps; 38 cm, and Wuhan dizhi xueyuan. Zhongguo gu dili tuji. 中国古地理图集. Beijing: Ditu chubanshe, 1985.
A book of paleogeographical maps of China produced by the Chinese Geological Institute. Covers all geologic time periods with explanatory notes and information on the development of geologic sciences in China.
He, Huide, Weishengbu laonian yixue yanjiusuo (China), and Beijing yiyuan. Zhonghua renmin gongheguo laonian renkou ditu ji. 中华人民共和国老年人口地图集. Beijing: Ditu chubanshe, 1986.
A book of maps displaying elderly population ratios. Useful for determining dependency ratios and identifying areas where population aging may pose particular problems.
Jilin Province (China). Wenhua ting, and China. Guojia wenwu zhu. Zhongguo wenwu ditu ji. 中国文物地图集. Beijing: Zhongguo ditu chubanshe, 1993.
Book of maps showing locations of historical artifacts and existing structures. Index of objects listed by stroke order of first character.
Zhongguo difang shizhi xiehui. Zhongguo difang shizhi luncong. 中国地方史志论丛. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1984.
A series of articles on the study of local gazetteers. Includes critiques of some which are held to be riddled with errors. It also discusses how to use different gazetteers (mentioned by name), and how to edit the originals for publication, etc.
Difang shizhi yanjiuzu. Zhongguo difangzhi lunji: (1911–1949), 1950–1983). 中國地方誌論集: (1911–1949), (1950–1983). Jilin sheng tushuguan xuehui congshu; 61–62. Hong Kong?: s.n., 1987.
Collections of articles on the study of gazetteers published between 1911 and 1983. It has a useful bibliography which provides a more complete list of articles on gazetteers. Includes information on how to edit gazetteers.
“Zhongguo fangzhi da cidian” bianji weiyuanhui. Zhongguo fangzhi da cidian. 中国方志大辞典. Hangzhou: Zhejiang renmin chubanshe, 1988.
A reference work which covers words and phrases used in gazetteers; theory; names of provincial gazetteers; people and institutions involved in the compilation of gazetteers. Also includes selected articles on gazetteer writing. Indexed by stroke.
Chen, Cheng-siang, and Hong Kong Chinese University. Zhongguo fangzhi de dilixue jiazhi. 中國方誌的地理學價值: Xianggang Zhongwen daxue jiangzhuo jiaoshou jiuzhi jiangyan Chen Cheng-siang = Geographical Evaluation of the Chinese Fangzhi; An Inaugural Lecture Given by Cheng-siang Chen. Xianggang: Xianggang Zhongwen daxue, 1965.
Introduction to uses and value of gazetteers. Discusses the gazetteer as an historical source, the types and contents of gazetteers, sources used to compile them, as well as their format, style, and limitations with a focus on the value of the geographical information found in gazetteers. Also includes an English summary of the author's findings at the end of the book.
Fu, Zhenlun. Zhongguo fangzhixue tonglun. 中國方誌學通論. Renren wengu; 189. Taibei: Taiwan shangwu yinshuguan, 1970.
General introduction to gazetteers. Contains chapters on scope, types, names, nature, value, and uses of gazetteers. Also includes chapters on their position in academic scholarship, famous gazetteer scholars, various library holdings.
Huang, Wei. Zhongguo difangzhi cidian. 中国地方志辞典. Hefei shi: Huangshan shushe, 1986.
Contains various kinds of names and phrases associated with gazetteers (approximately 500 entries), names of gazetteer compilers, and gazetteer scholars (about 300), phrases commonly used in gazetteers (approximately 420), indexes and catalogues of gazetteers (about 30 entries), articles about gazetteers, prefaces to gazetteers, articles on how to compile gazetteers, organizations that do gazetteer compiling, and miscellaneous conferences that have dealt with gazetteers. Entries are indexed at the back by stroke order.
Lin, Tianwei. Difangshi ziliao yanjiu lunwen ji: zupu, fangzhi, zhuangji zhi yingyong yu jiazhi. 地方史資料研究論文集: 族譜, 方誌, 傳記之應用與價值. Centre of Asian Studies Occasional Papers and Monographs; no. 64. Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies of Hong Kong, 1985.
Collected papers from a conference held Dec.1982 at Center for Asian Studies in Hong Kong, Most of which actually talk about the collection, preservation and uses of genealogies and local gazetteers.
Bibliographies, Checklists, and Catalogs
Wang, Zhaoming, and Langyun Fu. Zhonghua gu wenxian da cidian. 中华古文献大辞典. Changchun shi: Jilin wenshi chubanshe, 1991.
Includes over 2,500 gazetteers, which are divided into national, regional, provincial and local gazetteers, special gazetteers, miscellaneous gazetteers, frontier geography, travel writings, maps, etc.. Arranged by strokes of the titles, with author and subject index.
Chengwen chubanshe. Zhongguo fangzhi congshu mulu. 中國方誌叢書目錄 = Local gazetteers of China. Taibei shi: Chengwen chubanshe, 1976 .
Chang, Fang-hua. A checklist of Chinese local histories = Zhongguo fangzhi mulu, East Asia library series ; 4. Berkeley ; Stanford: Stanford-Berkeley Joint East Asia Center, 1980.
Jiaqing zhongxiu yitong zhi. 嘉慶重修一統誌. Taibei: Taiwan shangwu yinshuguan, 1966.
A comprehensive gazetteer compiled in the Jiaqing reign of materials from China's four corners relating to geography, administration, local customs, famous sites, economy, people, local history, etc. Many of the local gazetteers were compiled for inclusion in this imperial-level Yi tong zhi. Index at the beginning of volume one.
Pan, Xi’en, and Wang Yunwu. Jiaqing zhongxiu yitong zhi suoyin ben. 嘉慶重修一統誌索引本. Taibei shi: Taiwan shangwu yinshuguan, 1966.
Index to the Jiaqing Zhong Xiu Yi Tong Zhi, above.
Brook, Timothy. Geographical sources of Ming-Qing history. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies University of Michigan, 1988.
Zhu, Shijia. Zhongguo difangzhi zonglu. 中國地方誌總錄. Taibei shi: Xinwen feng chuban gongsi, 1975.
A catalog of local gazetteers organized by province. Gives gazetteer name, number of juan, editor, publication date, and library holding (Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S.). Originally published in 1934.
Zhuang, Weifeng, Zhu Shijia, Feng Baolin, Wang Shuping, and Zhongguo kexueyuan. Beijing tianwentai. Zhongguo difangzhi lianhe mulu. 中国地方志联合目录. Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985.
Catalog of local gazetteers ordered by city and province. Lists all known gazetteers for each region by publication date. Gives dates of compilation and/or revision, editors, and library holdings (P.R.C. only). If holdings are incomplete, it gives which sections are available at which location.
Leslie, Donald, Jeremy H. C. S. Davidson, and Australian National University. Dept. of Far Eastern History. Catalogues of Chinese local gazetteers. Canberra,: Dept. of Far Eastern History Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University, 1967.
Library holdings organized by geographic region: P.R.C., Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Europe, and the U.S. Also gives information on special topics: ancient and rare gazetteers, e.g. Includes geographical index and bibliography.
Lowe, Joseph Dzen-Hsi, and University of Washington. Libraries. A catalog of the official gazetteers of China in the University of Washington. Zug,: Inter Documentation Co. AG, 1966.
Organized alphabetically (Wade-Giles romanization) by province. Includes at least some gazetteers that are not in more recent works.
Morton, Andrew, and China Library Group. Union list of Chinese local histories in British libraries. Oxford, Eng. London: China Library Group; distributed by Oriental Institute Library, 1979.
Bian, Qijin, and Yufan Hu. Teng xian zhi: [23 chn]. Yingyin chuban. ed., Guangxi fangzhi; 8. Taibei shi: Taiwan xuesheng shuju, 1968.
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