麗江府志略（民國·卷九） · Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer (Republican-era reprint, Juan 九) · Naxi Digital Library

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English: Stele Record of Patrolling the Golden River [Jinsha] to the Shigu Garrison — Kangxi 33rd Year Fan Chengxun, Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou The Jinsha River originates from Tubo, passes through Lijiang, goes by Beisheng, crosses Wuding, then pours northeastward into Shu [Sichuan], meandering for several thousand li. It serves as the northwestern rampart and defense of Yunnan; those who discourse on strategic terrain ever rely upon it as a heavenly moat. When I unfurled the complete map,