''Kuodi Zhi'' (), usually translated as ''Comprehensive Gazetteer'' or ''Description Encompassing the Earth'', is an early

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survey of Tang China's geography and administrative divisions. It was compiled by

Li Tai Li Tai (; 620 – 14 January 653), courtesy name Huibao (惠褒), nickname Qingque (青雀), formally Prince Gong of Pu (濮恭王), was an imperial prince of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. Li Tai, who carried the title of Prince of Wei, was favored ...

, Prince of Wei, a son of Emperor Taizong, with the help of imperial scholars including

Xiao Deyan Xiao may refer to: * Filial piety (), or "being good to parents", a virtue in Chinese culture * Xiao (flute) (), a Chinese end-blown flute * Xiao (rank) (), a rank used for field officers in the Chinese military * Xiao County (), in Anhui, China ...

(萧德言). It was completed in 641/642 AD. The original work comprised 555 volumes, with 550 volumes of text and 5 volumes of

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, but most have been lost. During the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

, scholar

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(孙星衍) published the 8-volume book ''Kuodi Zhi jiben'' (括地志辑本), a collection of the surviving fragments. In 1974, Wang Hui (王恢) published a revised and expanded version of Sun's work entitled ''Kuodi Zhi xinji'' (括地志新辑). In 1980,

He Cijun He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' ...

(贺次君) published ''Kuodi Zhi jijiao'' (括地志辑校).

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{{reflist 7th-century Chinese books Tang dynasty literature Gazetteers Geographic history of China

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