Chang Qu () (c. 291 – c. 361 CE) was a 4th-century Chinese historian of the
Cheng Han dynasty, who wrote the ''
Chronicles of Huayang
The ''Chronicles of Huayang'' or ''Huayang Guo Zhi'' () is the oldest extant gazetteer of a region of China. It was compiled by Chang Qu during the Jin Dynasty. It contains roughly 110,000 characters. Its contents comprise history, geography an ...
'' or ''Records of the States South of
Mount Hua
Mount Hua () is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about east of Xi'an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as ...
'', the oldest extant regional history of China.
References
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Sixteen Kingdoms historians
4th-century Chinese historians
290s births
360s deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death uncertain
Writers from Chengdu
4th-century Chinese people
Cheng Han people
Historians from Sichuan
Chinese local historians
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