The ''General History of Chinese Administrative Divisions'' () is a series of Chinese-language books published by Fudan University Press covering the

history of Chinese administrative divisions The history of the administrative divisions of China is covered in the following articles: * History of the administrative divisions of China before 1912 * History of the administrative divisions of China (1912–1949) (Republic of China on the ma ...

from the earliest dynasties (

Shang The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and f ...

and Zhou) to the

Republic of China (1912–1949) The Republic of China (ROC), between 1912 and 1949, was a sovereign state recognised as the official designation of China when it was based on Mainland China, prior to the Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan, relocat ...

. It comprises 13 volumes (volumes 3 and 6 consist of two books each), published between 2007 and 2016. The general editor is

Zhou Zhenhe Zhou Zhenhe (; born 1941) is a Chinese historical geographer and a distinguished senior professor at the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University in Shanghai. His main research interests are cultural and administrative geography and ...

, senior professor of

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

. The series is China's first comprehensive academic history of the country's administrative divisions. It was one of the national key publishing projects supported by China's

General Administration of Press and Publication General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP; ) is the administrative agency responsible for regulating and distributing news, print and Internet publications in China. This includes granting publication licenses for periodicals and book ...

. A second edition of the entire series was published in September 2017.

Volumes

The volumes of the series are as follows: :1. Overview and pre-Qin dynasty (by Zhou Zhenhe and Li Xiaojie 李晓杰) ::First edition: January 2009, , 686 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 690 pages

:2. Qin dynasty, Qin and

Han Han may refer to: Ethnic groups * Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group. ** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...

dynasties (by Zhou Zhenhe, Li Xiaojie, and Zhang Li 张莉) ::First edition: November 2016, , 1174 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 1176 pages

:3.

Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms () from 220 to 280 AD was the tripartite division of China among the dynastic states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The Three Kingdoms period was preceded by the Han dynasty#Eastern Han, Eastern Han dynasty and wa ...

, Jin dynasty, and the

Southern Dynasties The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered as ...

(two books) (by Hu Axiang 胡阿祥, Kong Xiangjun 孔祥军, and Xu Cheng 徐成) ::First edition: December 2014, , 1730 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 1730 pages

:4.

Sixteen Kingdoms The Sixteen Kingdoms (), less commonly the Sixteen States, was a chaotic period in Chinese history from AD 304 to 439 when northern China fragmented into a series of short-lived dynastic states. The majority of these states were founded by ...

and the

Northern Dynasties The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered as ...

(by Mu Fasong 牟发松, Wu Youjiang 毋有江, and Wei Junjie 魏俊杰) ::First edition: December 2016, , 1157 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 1347 pages

:5.

Sui dynasty The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...

(by Shi Hejin 施和金) ::First edition: April 2009, , 577 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 578 pages

:6.

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

(two books) (by Guo Shengbo 郭声波) ::First edition: May 2012, , 1514 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 1599 pages

:7.

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (), from 907 to 979, was an era of political upheaval and division in 10th-century Imperial China. Five dynastic states quickly succeeded one another in the Central Plain, and more than a dozen concu ...

(by Li Xiaojie) ::First edition: December 2014, , 1133 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 1133 pages

:8.

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

and the

Western Xia The Western Xia or the Xi Xia (), officially the Great Xia (), also known as the Tangut Empire, and known as ''Mi-nyak''Stein (1972), pp. 70–71. to the Tanguts and Tibetans, was a Tangut-led Buddhist imperial dynasty of China tha ...

(by Li Changxian 李昌宪) ::First edition: August 2007, , 800 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 801 pages

:9. Liao dynasty, Liao and

Jurchen Jin Jurchen may refer to: * Jurchen people, Tungusic people who inhabited the region of Manchuria until the 17th century ** Haixi Jurchens, a grouping of the Jurchens as identified by the Chinese of the Ming Dynasty ** Jianzhou Jurchens, a grouping of ...

dynasties (by Yu Wei 余蔚) ::First edition: May 2012, , 959 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 959 pages

:10.

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...

(by Li Zhi'an 李治安 and Xue Lei 薛磊) ::First edition: April 2009, , 376 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 377 pages

:11.

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

(by Guo Hong 郭红 and Jin Runcheng 靳润成) ::First edition: August 2007, , 839 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 969 pages

:12.

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 ...

(by Fu Linxiang 傅林祥, Lin Juan 林涓, Ren Yuxue 任玉雪, and Wang Weidong 王卫东) ::First edition: October 2013, , 794 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 796 pages

:13.

(by Fu Linxiang and Zheng Baoheng 郑宝恒) ::First edition: August 2007, , 797 pages

::Second edition: September 2017, , 801 pages

References

{{reflist History books about China 21st-century history books Chinese-language books Geographic history of China

Volumes

See also

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