The author of Map of Gong Yu is Pei Xiu. Pei Xiu compiled 18 maps of Gong Yu in Taishigong four to seven years, which is the earliest historical atlas in China. In the preface, he put forward six principles of surveying and mapping, namely the famous "six-body surveying and mapping", which laid a theoretical foundation for the traditional map of China. Therefore, Pei Xiu is called the founder of traditional cartography in China.

The Geographical Map of Gong Yu is a historical atlas focusing on territory and administrative regions, and it is also the first known historical atlas of China. The era covered by the Atlas can be traced back to the Gong Yu era to the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty.

The contents include counties, countries, counties, cities and their borders from ancient Kyushu to sixteen countries in the Western Jin Dynasty, places where important political activities took place in ancient countries and history, land and water transportation routes, and also natural geographical elements such as mountains, mountains, rivers, plains, lakes and swamps.

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Pei Xiuzuo's Map of Gong Yu initiated the ancient cartography in China. Needham called him "the father of scientific cartography in China", and Ptolemy, a famous cartographer in ancient Greece. He is two brilliant stars in the history of ancient cartography in the world. Pei Xiu Award, established to commemorate the founder of cartography in China, is selected every two years and is the highest award in the field of cartography in China.

Pei Xiu has not only a map of Gong Yu, but also three volumes of anthology. The Complete Works of Jinwen includes a book by Zhang Biao, Zou Shi and Yu, Preface to Kyushu Region of Gong Yu, Jin Shi, Dawa Poems and two new poems.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Gong Yu Regional Map