Yunnan Historical Records. Volume 11

Author: Fang Guoyu
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Features: The Yunnan Historical Materials Series is rich, comprehensive, and detailed, making it the largest and most extensive, systematic, and reliable collection of historical materials on Yunnan to date. It includes all specialized books, volumes, chapters, and entries related to the history of Yunnan. The entire series comprises 10 volumes and approximately 10 million words, systematically collecting nearly 400 types of historical materials on 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 Records and The Wild History of the Nanzhou, Feng Su's Yunnan Examination, and others. There are also rare materials that are difficult for ordinary people to find, such as Yunnan Outline, Zhang Yunsu's Memorial Drafts, Chen Can's Remnants of Official Life in Yunnan, Yang Shen's Record of the Yunnan Journey, Huang Chengyuan's Memorials on Yunnan's Southern Border Affairs, and others. Some chapters are compiled from scattered materials in important documents, such as records of Yunnan in The Complete Collection of the Office of Imperial Secretariat, The Jade Sea, The Annals of the Yuan Dynasty, excerpts from various biographies in The History of the Yuan Dynasty, records of Yunnan in The Ming Dynasty History, The Ming Imperial Code, The National Annals, and others.
The series also includes full texts of important historical records related to Yunnan, such as The Records of Huayang on the Southern Central Plains from The Records of Huayang, Yunnan Province from The Comprehensive Atlas of the Yuan Dynasty, Yunnan in the Journey of Marco Polo, The Universal Atlas, The Unified Atlas of the Ming Dynasty, The Atlas of Territory, and The Atlas of Historical Geography. Additionally, there are numerous chapters on Yunnan scattered throughout various books, covering politics, economy, military, culture, ethnicity, geography, society, religion, border affairs, and more.
Professor Fang emphasized the importance of both artifacts and documents, including inscriptions on steles, cliff carvings, pagodas, and stone inscriptions from different historical periods. In the past, people often lamented the scarcity of historical materials on Yunnan. Now, with the magnificent Yunnan Historical Materials Series before them, they are filled with excitement. 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 Series is 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 learning 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 province.