Yunnan Historical Records Collection, Volume 10

Author: Fang Guoyu
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Features: The Yunnan Historical Materials Collection is rich, comprehensive, and detailed, making it the largest series of historical materials in Yunnan to date, characterized as being the most extensive, most systematic, and most reliable. It includes all specialized books, volumes, articles, and entries related to the history of Yunnan. The entire collection comprises 10 volumes and approximately 10 million words, systematically and comprehensivelying nearly 400 types of historical materials about Yunnan from ancient Chinese texts dating from the pre-Qin period to the late Qing Dynasty.
Among these are essential works for studying the history of Yunnan, such as Fan Chuo's Yunnan and The Wild History of the Nanzhou, Feng Su's The Examination of Yunnan, and others. There are also rare materials that are difficult for the general public to find, such as The Outline of Yunnan, Zhang Yunsu's Memorial Drafts, Chen Can's Remnants of Official Life in Yunnan, Yang Shen's Record of the Yunnan Journey, and Huang Chengyuan's Memorials on Yunnan's Southern Border Affairs. Additionally, there are specialized articles compiled from scattered materials in important texts, such as records of Yunnan-related events in The Complete Collection of the Office of Imperial Secretaries, The Jade Sea, The Annals of the Yuan Dynasty, excerpts from various biographies in The Yuan Dynasty History, and compilations of Yunnan-related events in The Ming Dynasty Code of Laws and The Comprehensive Gazetteer of the Ming Dynasty.
The collection also includes full texts of important historical records related to Yunnan, such as The South Central in The Records of Huayang, The Yunnan Province in the One Map of the Unified World in The Mixed Geography of the Yuan Dynasty, The Yunnan Journey in The Journey of Marco Polo, The Comprehensive Atlas of the World, The Unified Gazetteer of the Ming Dynasty, The Map of the Territory of Zhao, and The Records of Historical Geography. There are also numerous chapters about Yunnan scattered across various books, covering politics, economy, military, culture, ethnicity, geography, society, religion, frontier affairs, and more.
Professor Fang emphasized the importance of artifacts and documents equally, including detailed introductions to steles, cliff inscriptions, pagodas, and stone inscriptions from different historical periods. In the past, people often lamented the difficulty of finding historical materials about Yunnan. Now, in the face of the magnificent Yunnan Historical Materials Collection, one cannot help but feel inspired. Through the unremitting efforts of Yunnan scholars across generations, a treasure trove for the study of Yunnan history has finally been compiled.
The compilation and publication of the Yunnan Historical Materials Collection are both a summary of Yunnan historical materials work and a milestone in the study of Yunnan history. It will guide people to new heights, open new perspectives, and create a new brilliance in the study and research of Yunnan history. This book will also provide a solid foundation for understanding Yunnan, researching Yunnan, leveraging Yunnan's advantages, and establishing a cultural and ethnic great province.