A Study On The Jiangsu Lost Chorography Compiled From Yong Le Da Dian

This thesis is main about study on Jiangsu Chorography compiled from Yongledadian which are great books compiled in Ming Dynasty.Yongledadian were compiled by Xiejin,Yaoguangxiao,Wang Jing and Zhouji etc who obeyed Imperial edict of Emperor Zhudi. Yongledadian were very precious for included about 8000 kinds of books from pre Qin dynasty to Song dynasty. For history reason, only a little of this great book were handed down. During the 1950's, Book Bureau of China investigate carefully on the fragments of Yongledadian. In 1980's and 2003 Photoprints of books in Yongledadian Remained were published by Book bureau of china. These Photoprints is basis of study on Yongledadian.Chorography is a subject emanated from ancient China,which saved many costful information in different areas about personality, history, geography, learning, religion, products etc of ancient era. Scholar Quanzuwang in Qing dynasty is a pioneer of compiling chorography from Yongledadian. But he compiled only one chorography named ningbofuzhi. The pioneer of compiling chorography in numbers from Yongledadian is Mr. Zhangguogan in twentieth century who was accomplished in textual reaseach.His main literature of compiling chorography from Yongledadian is Yongledadianfangzhijiben which We named Jiben for short in this thesis. In this book Mr. Zhang research about every chorography he compiled,his comment about these chorographies were very important reference of our study. Anther important book of compiling is Yongledadianfangzhijiyi by Marong and Chenkang etc. which published.by Book Bureau of China in 2004. For having more datum, Yongledadianfangzhijiyi, for short, Jiyi had compiled some chorographies that Jiben had not compiled,in another word, Jiyi is more full than Jiben. So we mainly study the chorogrophies of Jiangsu Province in Jiyi.Yongledadianfangzhijiyi include 68 kinds of chorographies of Jiangsu province which deal with Nanjing,Zhengjiang,Changzhou,Suzhou,Huaian,Wuxi etc,about 30 cities and counties. Study on these Chorographies is a work of significance that can help us knowing about the economy, politics, culture of these areas in ancient, perfecting literature handed down.The main content of this thesis is about these aspects:Make clear the headstream of chorographies in relational areas; Do the best making clear the time that every chorography compiled,at the same time,we'll try beating out all life of the author of each chorogrophy,then study his academic thought; exegesis fragments of Yongledadian one by one digging out historical value of it;do some works such as proofreading,emending and compiling,finding some poems and articles of the ancients that be lost.