Geography of the Book of Han

...The section of the official histories of China that contains geographical descriptions. Of the 24 official histories, 16, including the Book of Han, Book of Later Han, Book of Jin, Book of Song, Book of Southern Qi, Book of Northern Wei, Book of Sui, Book of New Tang, Book of Old Tang, New History of the Five Dynasties, Old History of the Five Dynasties, History of Song, History of Liao, History of Jin, History of Yuan, History of Ming, and History of Ming, contain volumes 1 to 7 of geographical records. Although these are called differently, such as Records of the County and State (Book of Later Han), Records of the Prefectures (Book of Song and Book of Southern Qi), and Records of Topography (Book of Northern Wei), they are essentially the same. As the administrative organization of the Western Han Empire was improved, it became customary to record geographical facts about the entire country, centering on the county and prefecture system, as part of the Records of the Official Histories.

*Some of the terminology explained in the "Geography of the Book of Han" is listed below.

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…中国，正史の志の中で，地理的叙述を行っている部分。24の正史のうち，《漢書》《後漢書》《晋書》《宋書》《南斉書》《北魏書》《隋書》《新唐書》《旧唐書》《新五代史》《旧五代史》《宋史》《遼史》《金史》《元史》《明史》の16に1～7巻の地理志が含まれる。なおこのうち郡国志(《後漢書》)，州郡志(《宋書》《南斉書》)，地形志(《北魏書》)などと呼称に差異があるが実質は同じである。前漢帝国における行政組織の整備とともに，郡県制を中心とした全国の地理的事実を正史の志の一部門として記載することが慣例となった。…

※「《漢書》地理誌」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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