I. Geography of Hanshu
Han Shu Geography, a two-volume book, is a new masterpiece of ancient historical geography founded by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This book describes the geographical evolution before the Han Dynasty, focusing on Kyushu in Gong Yu and Kyushu in Zhouguan. Then, the geography of the Western Han Dynasty is described. Taking counties as articles, in the form of notes in this paper, the geographical profiles of counties and their subordinate counties, roads and Hou countries are written in turn, such as the number of households and population of counties, the history of abandonment and renaming, various specialties, the administrative offices of captains, iron officials, salt officials and industrial officials, mountains, lakes, rivers, passes, historical sites, road traffic and so on.
Second, "Water Mirror Zhu"
Notes on Water Classics is a masterpiece of ancient geography in China, with a total of 40 volumes. The author is Li Daoyuan in the late Northern Wei Dynasty.
This book records 1252 rivers, more than 500 lakes and swamps, nearly 300 groundwater such as springs and wells, more than 30 undercurrents and more than 60 waterfalls. There are all kinds of natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, storms, locusts and earthquakes. More than 30 floods and nearly 20 earthquakes were recorded.
It is necessary to record all kinds of landforms, including mountains, mountains, peaks, mountains, Sakamoto, mountains, hills, mountains, obstacles, peaks, rocky mountains and plains. In the highlands, there are Sichuan, Wild, Woye, Pingchuan, Plain and Yuan Qi. There are nearly 2000 mountains and hills in the lowlands, and there are karst landforms.
Third, "Meng Qian's pen talk"
Meng Qian Bi Tan is a comprehensive note-taking work involving natural science, technology and historical geography in ancient China. It was written by Shen Kuo, a scientist and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty.
There are 17 items and 609 articles in the book. The content involves astronomy, mathematics, physics, geography, chemistry, biology and other disciplines, with extraordinary value.
Fourth, "Taiping universe"
Taiping Universe is an ancient geographical history of China, which describes the territory of the Song Dynasty. History books, local chronicles, anthologies, inscriptions, poems and even fairy tales are widely cited, totaling about 200 kinds, and the source is indicated, retaining a large number of precious historical materials.
The author of Taiping Universe is a geographer and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was written during the Taiping and Xingguo years in Song Taizong (976 ~ 983).
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Xu Xiake's Travel Notes
Xu Xiake's Travels is a prose travelogue created by Xu Xiake, a geographer in Ming Dynasty. On the basis of the original manuscript, Ren Shou School and Ji continued to write the manuscript, which was completed in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642).
Xu Xiake's Travels is a pioneering work to systematically investigate the geomorphology and geology of China, and also depicts the scenic resources of great rivers and mountains in China. In addition, its beautiful words make it a literary masterpiece with important geographical and literary value.
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