麗江府志略（民國·卷三） · Lijiang Prefecture Gazetteer (Republican-era reprint, Juan 三) · Naxi Digital Library

Chinese: 建置略 市沿革 院郡所邑 里城社池 倉庫 麗在三代以前靡得而者已漢武置越嶲郡麗 江屬焉號卭莋昆明又為定莋縣歷晉唐宋叛 服屢更名號各異要皆土酋居之元明雖列郡 縣置管司實稱渠率羈縻而已我 朝聲教四訖雕題鑿齒咸隸編氓麗以邊鄙易土 而流伊古以來用夏蠻夷未有若斯之盛者也 顧欲詳其廢興軼　而僻略荒遠鮮有能講明 而切究者詩云深谷為陵而人事變遷與時推 移也古昔聖賢草草昧而文明 日變滄海而桑田矣因革損益 麗今 今固守者之責也爰採西南夷傳晉唐宋 元史踵書牒按編年次為建置以備省覽著城 池倉庫官居民里市肆院所皆改流後維新之 治也二十年來規模　後之君子有志廓清 其以是為權輿歟作建置略 建置 麗江古荒服極邊接壤吐蕃史稱嶲昆明地漢兼

English: Establishments and Institutions Municipal History and Evolution Prefectural Offices, Commandery Seats Urban Walls, Moats, and Granaries Lijiang, in the ages before the Three Dynasties, is beyond what can be known. In the Han, Emperor Wu established the Yuesui Commandery, and Lijiang was placed under its jurisdiction, styled Qiongzuo and Kunming, and further made into Dingzuo County. Through the Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties, it submitted and rebelled repeatedly, its name and title changing eac