[FAN CHENGDA] 范成大.

桂海虞衡志辑佚校注 [Guihai yuhengzhi jiyi jiaozhu].<BR> Collated and Annotated Records of the Natural World of Guangxi (with Recovered Lost Passages).

Chengdu. 四川民族出版社. [Sichuan minzu chubanshe]. 1986. Stock ID #219182

Photographic illustrations of pages of woodblock prints from the original, with a black line drawing of the author. 343pp, text in traditional Chinese characters, 20.3 x 14cm, paperback. Edges slightly browned with light foxing, spine sunned, else in very good condition.

This work by Fan Chengda, a famous Song Dynasty scholar-official, was written around 1175, during his posting to Guangxi. In it he documents the geography, ethnic groups, local products, flora, fauna, and customs of Southern China, and particularly Guangxi, during the 12th century. A useful source for historical ethnography, ecology, and regional studies, this is a modern scholarly reconstruction that gathers surviving fragments from other texts, compares different editions and provides annotations for historical context.

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