Manuscript/Mixed Material Da Ming Xinghua Fu zhi : wu shi si juan 大明興化府志 : 五十四卷 / / Title on cover of case: Xinghua Fu zhi / Title on spine of case: Ming Xinghua Fu zhi / Xinghua Fu zhi / Ming Xinghua Fu zhi

Title

• Da Ming Xinghua Fu zhi : wu shi si juan

Other Title

• 大明興化府志 : 五十四卷 /
• Title on cover of case: Xinghua Fu zhi
• Title on spine of case: Ming Xinghua Fu zhi
• Xinghua Fu zhi
• Ming Xinghua Fu zhi

Summary

• Text by Zhou Ying and Huang Zhongzhao; amended by Zhang Yuanshen; prefaces by Chou Qi and Chen Xiao in 1503.
• This manuscript edition of the gazetteer of Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province, is in 54 juan in 12 volumes. It was compiled jointly by Zhou Ying (1430-1518) and Huang Zhongzhao (1435-1508), both from Fujian. Xinghua became a prefecture in the second year (1369) of the reign of the first Ming emperor, Hongwu. The town with its seaport was important for the local economy and overseas trade. Both Zhou Ying and Huang Zhongzhao received the prestigious jin shi (doctoral degree). A follower of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, Zhou Ying held various official positions for many years, including serving as magistrate of several prefectures and as provincial administrative commissioner of Sichuan. Huang Zhongzhao was the author of literary works, a member of the imperial Hanlin Academy, and was known as a writer of local histories. In 1501, Huang Zhongzhao was invited by Chen Xiao, the then-magistrate of Xinghua Prefecture, to join Zhou Ying in compiling this gazetteer, but Huang died soon after completing the part on local personalities. The work was organized in six parts, following the six government administrative divisions of civil office, revenue, rites, military, justice, and public works. The original edition no longer exists; it is believed to have been destroyed in a fire not long after its issuance. Thus the words chong xiu (new edition) were added to this Tian yi ge (Tianyi Pavilion Library) manuscript edition. It included the names of the two original editors, Zhang Yuanshen and Hong Yongshao, and of the two printers, Zhang Hao and Liu Chengqing. The two prefaces were written by Zhou Ying and by Chen Xiao, the magistrate of the prefecture. A postscript is dated 1503. As a gazetteer, it provides in-depth information on the history, geography, local economy, culture, language and dialects, biographies of notable people, and the administration of the prefecture as well as of Fujian Province. World Digital Library.

Names

• Zhou, Ying, 1430-1518, zhu
• Huang, Zhongzhao, 1435-1508, zhu
• Chen, Xiao, 1499-1566, xu
• Tian yi ge, chao
• Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• [China] : Tian yi ge, Ming Hongzhi 16 nian [1503]

Headings

• -  Xinghua Fu (China)
• -  興化府 (China)

Notes

• -  Ms.
• -  Also available in digital form.
• -  二十二行二十五字 小字雙行同. Twenty-two lines, with twenty-five characters per line; small characters in paired lines of twenty-five characters per line.
• -  十二冊二函. Twelve volumes in two cases.
• -  原題：「翠渠病叟周瑛著，未軒黃仲昭同著，儒士張元紳讎校，儒士洪永紹司校」。卷末題：「郡人林汝勸吳元兼謄錄，建陽書林張好劉成慶繡梓」。書口刻：「重修閩志采訪書」、「天一閣鈔本」。周琪(序)，陳效(序)弘治十六年 (1503).

Medium

• 12 v.

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2012402122

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• https://lccn.loc.gov/2012402122

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