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Overview
Key data
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Completed | Early Ming (Hongwu reign) |
| Compilers | Liu Ji and others, by imperial order |
| Volumes | Twenty-four |
| Contents | Counties and prefectures matched to the mansions, with star-official lore |
The doctrine of field allocation
Field allocation is the ancient practice of matching the constellations to the regions of the earth:
such a mansion governs such a place, such a star such a province.
Its doctrine is very old, appearing in the Rites of Zhou and the Zuo Commentary,
and from the Han on became a fixed frame matching astronomy to geography.
What this work does
It matches every prefecture and county of Ming China to the mansions,
arranged by region, the most systematic treatment of the doctrine.
It turns the heaven–earth correspondence into a searchable table of administrative geography,
the most complete in form among the field-allocation literature.
Value
For the study of the ancient idea of field allocation and the correspondence of sky and land, this work is the great compendium.
It also preserves incidental evidence for Ming administrative divisions.
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