Kuodi Zhi

Kuodi Zhi
Author Li Tai
Original title 括地志
Country Tang dynasty China
Language Classical Chinese
Subject Geography and administrative divisions of Tang China
Publication date
641/642

Kuodi Zhi (Chinese: 括地志), translated as Comprehensive Gazetteer or Comprehensive Land Records, is an early Tang dynasty survey of Tang China's geography and administrative divisions. It was compiled by Li Tai, Prince of Wei, a son of Emperor Taizong, with the help of imperial scholars including Xiao Deyan (蕭德言). It was completed in 641/642 AD.[1][2][3]

The original work comprised 555 volumes, but most have been lost.[1] During the Qing dynasty, scholar Sun Xingyan (1753–1818) published the 8-volume book Kuodi Zhi jiben (括地志輯本), a collection of the surviving fragments . In 1974, Wang Hui (王恢) published a revised and expanded version of Sun's work entitled Kuodi Zhi xinji (括地志新輯). In 1980, He Cijun (賀次君) published Kuodi Zhi jijiao (括地志輯校).[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009). Historical Dictionary of Medieval China. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 281. ISBN 978-0-8108-6053-7.
  2. Ward, Julian (2013). Xu Xiake (1586-1641): The Art of Travel Writing. Routledge. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-136-84041-8.
  3. 1 2 "Kuodizhi". Chinaknowledge.de. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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