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https://doi.org/10.6681/NTURCDH.DB_DocuSkyDaMingYiTongZhi/GIS
"Da-Ming yitong zhi" was compiled in the fifth year of the Tian Shun era (1461) during the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty. It consists of ninety volumes and originated from the compilation of the "Huan Yu Tong Zhi" in the seventh year of the Jingtai era (1456). The structure is based on the thirteen provincial administrations of the two capitals at the time, with various prefectures and counties under each, and further categorized into 38 sections covering topics such as establishment, historical evolution, county names, topography, scenic spots, customs, and local products.
In the second year of the Tian Shun era (1458), the "Huan Yu Tong Zhi" underwent a major revision. When it was completed in the fifth year of Tian Shun, it was given the name "The Comprehensive Records of the Great Ming Dynasty." The content of the book is rich in information on natural geography, human geography, economic geography, and covers historical events and figures from the Zhou Dynasty onwards, making it a valuable reference for studying China before the mid-Ming Dynasty.
The GIS layer presents the distribution of various post-classification items in the public repository of "The Comprehensive Records of the Great Ming Dynasty" in geographic space. The post-classification items are divided into twenty categories, including place names, provinces and counties, county names, topography, local products, fiefdoms, government offices, schools, academies, palaces, passes, temples, shrines, tombs, historical sites, notable officials, migrants, individuals, women, immortals, and monks. It also provides keyword searches for an overview of China and foreign countries before the mid-Ming Dynasty. For example, under local products: peony, mercury, aloeswood; under temples: Temple of Yu, Confucius Temple; under individuals: Su Shi, Zhu Xi.