Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer, Abridged — Volume 1b
This is the front matter (juan shang, front leaves 1-16) of the Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer, Abridged, comprising the roster of compilers and five dedicatory prefaces written between 1741 and 1743 by Prefect Guan Xuexuan (the gazetteer's chief compiler), Instructor Wan Xianyan, and provincial officials Zhu Fengying, Zhang Yunsui, Liu Wulong, and Zhang Tantai. The prefaces recount Lijiang's history under native chieftain (tusi) rule, its 1723 conversion to regular administration (gaitu guiliu) under the Yongzheng Emperor following petitions from local leader A Zhili, and the resulting growth of Confucian schooling and settled prosperity among the local Naxi and other peoples. One embedded scholarly excursus, headed "Preface to the Lijiang Gazetteer, Abridged," debates the identity of the "Black Water" of the classical Tribute of Yu with the region's Jinsha, Lancang, and Nu/Lu rivers. The gazetteer itself is organized into ten topical sections across thirteen upper and two lower juan.
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