Hongzhi Wenzhou Prefecture Gazetteer: Wenzhou Literature Series

Author: Wang Zan (Ming)
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Publishing Date: 2006-03-01
Features: The compilation of local chronicles in Wenzhou has a long history and fine tradition. The Ming Huizheng "Wenzhou Prefecture Chronicle" is one of the most detailed and outstanding works among them. The "Huizheng Wenzhou Prefecture Chronicle" preserves a wealth of valuable historical materials of Wenzhou before the Ming Dynasty, such as the methods of making Wenzhou lacquerware, refining alum, and (the is a phrase that literally translates to "the folk methods for testing the toxicity of pufferfish," but since it's already in Chinese, it remains unchanged in the translation). It also preserves the former residences of many historical figures like Zhou Xingji, etc. In the history of Wenzhou local chronicles, it holds a transitional position between the past and the future. From an academic perspective, the book retains a large amount of lost historical materials of Wenzhou. This book is part of the Wenzhou Literature Series.