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Gazetteer of Xin'an County
Traditional Chinese新安縣志
Simplified Chinese新安县志
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīn'ān Xiànzhì
Wade–GilesHsin-an hsien chih
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationsānōn yuhn ji
Jyutpingsan1 on1 jyn6 zi3
A handwritten copy of 1587 version with map. The upper and lower parts of the map shows former locations of Shenzhen and Hong Kong respectively.

Xin'an Xianzhi (Chinese: 新安縣志; literally Gazetteers of Xin'an County), also known as San On County Gazetteer[1][2] or San On Gazetteer[3][4] in English, were the chorography of the historical Xin'an County (San-On or Sun-On County; literally New Peace County; known at times as the Po-On County (spelt Bao'an in pinyin)) of Guangdong (then Kwangtung) in southern China. Due to frequent geopolitical changes, the county ceased to exist and became the history and territories of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, metropolises in South China. Versions of the gazetteer are very important records to study in the area.

Six editions were published, the first one in 1587 and the last one in 1819.[5] The last editions were Qing's Kangxi Years (K'ang-hsi; 1661–1722) edition and Jiaqing Years (Chia-ch'ing; 1796–1820) edition.

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References

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  1. ^ "Forgotten Heroes: San On County and its Magistrates in the Late Ming and Early Qing". www.cityu.edu.hk. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "From Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City | The International Writing Program". iwp.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Pokfulam village, oldest village on Hong Kong Island and home to many workers at Dairy Farm Company – The Industrial History of Hong Kong Group". industrialhistoryhk.org. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ admin (18 November 2021). "Porcelain-Making in Wun Yiu, Tai Po". Chestnut Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ Barnett, K. M. A. (1964). "Hong Kong Before the Chinese: the Frame, The Puzzle and the Missing Pieces" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 4: 66–67. ISSN 1991-7295.

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