"Eight Min Tong Zhi (Revised Edition) (Volume 2)"

Author: Fujian Provincial Local Records Compilation Committee
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The General Records of Fujian (Ba Min Tong Zhi) was supervised by the eunuch Chen Dao and compiled by Huang Zhongzhao. It was first compiled in the year Bing Si of the Chenghua era (1485) during the Ming Dynasty, completed in the year Ji You of the Hongzhi era (1489), published in the year Geng Xū of the Hongzhi era (1490), and had a revised edition the following year. Currently, only the Beijing Library and Hunan Normal University Library in China hold one copy each of the Geng Xū edition of the Hongzhi era. The copies in Taiwan Province are incomplete, while overseas, the Library of Congress in the United States and the Imperial Household Library in Japan hold revised editions, which are also incomplete. The General Records of Fujian is a rare and seldom-seen version. The present is based on the Geng Xū edition of the Hongzhi era.