Yunnan Historical Records. Volume 8

Author: Fang Guoyu
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Features: The Yunnan Historical Materials Series is rich in content, 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, approximately 10 million words, and systematically collects nearly 400 types of historical materials about Yunnan from ancient Chinese texts spanning from the pre-Qin period to the late Qing dynasty.
It features essential works for studying the history of Yunnan, such as Fan Chuo's Records of Yunnan and The Wild History of the Nanzhou, Feng Su's Examination of Yunnan, and others. It also includes rare materials that are difficult 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 Journey to Yunnan, and Huang Chengyuan's Memorials on Yunnan's Southern Borders.
There are also chapters compiled from scattered materials in important texts, such as records of Yunnan in The Complete Collection of State Affairs, 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 Annals, and records of Yunnan in The Ming Imperial Regulations.
It also includes the full texts of parts of significant historical works related to Yunnan, such as The Records of Huayang on the Southern Central Plains from The Records of Huayang, The Yunnan Province in the Comprehensive Atlas of the Yuan Dynasty, The Journey to Yunnan in Marco Polo's Travelogue, The Comprehensive Atlas of the World, The Unified Atlas of the Ming Dynasty, The Atlas of the Territory of Zhao, and The Atlas of Historical Geography.
Additionally, it gathers numerous chapters about Yunnan scattered across various books, covering politics, economy, military, culture, ethnicity, geography, society, religion, border affairs, and more. Professor Fang emphasized the importance of 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, facing the magnificent Yunnan Historical Materials Series, one cannot help but feel inspired. Through the relentless 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 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 homeland.