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Summary
Originally published in 1935, this work on local gazetteers (local histories) and their compilation, contains 14 chapters: 1. General Introduction; 2. Critical comments on [7] old gazetteers; 3. The Scope of Gazetteers according to Zhang Xuecheng [1738?1801, a Qing Dynasty historian, writer and thinker]; 4. Criticisms of Zhang's Rules for Editing Gazetteers; 5. Supplementary Knowledge in Editing Gazetteers; 6. Additional Information to be Added to the Contents of a Gazetteer; 7. Determining Topics and their Order; 8. Preliminary Questions in Editing a Gazetteer; 9. The Data for a Gazetteer; 10. The Methods of Selecting Data; 11. Methods of Authenticating Historical Data; 12. Methods of Authenticating Other Data; 13. Methods of Arranging Historical Data; 14. Methods of Arranging Other Data.
Title
Fangzhi Xue
Author
Li, Taifen
Publisher
Taiwan Shangwu Yinshuguan
Date
1968
Object ID
2007.066.564