The Chronicles of Huayang , sometimes rendered in English as The Annals of Huayang Country or The Huayang National Annals or Records of the States South of Mount Hua

Mount Hua

Mount Hua or Hua Shan in Chinese is located in Shaanxi Province, about 120 kilometres east of the city of Xi'an, near the city Huayin in China. Also known as Xiyuè, Western Great Mountain, it is one of China's Five Sacred Taoist Mountains, and has a long history of religious significance...

or Annals of the Kingdoms South of Mount Hua, compiled by Chang Qu

Chang Qu

Chang Qu was a 4th century Chinese historian who wrote the Chronicles of Huayang or Records of the States South of Mount Hua, the oldest extant regional history of China.-References:...

 (常璩) (c.291-c.361 CE) during the Jin Dynasty (265–420), is the oldest extant gazetteer

Gazetteer

A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names , used in conjunction with a map or a full atlas. It typically contains information concerning the geographical makeup of a country, region, or continent as well as the social...

 of a region of China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. It includes an appendix entitled “A List of Gentlemen and Gentlewomen of Yi, Liang and Ning from the Former Han” (益梁寧三州先漢以來士女目錄) which can be useful for biographical research of the period.

External links

• 華陽國志:十二卷 at Google Books
• fragmentary translation at Chinaknowledge
  Chinaknowledge
  Chinaknowledge, with the subtitle "a universal guide for China studies", is a hobbyist's web site that contains a wide variety of information on China and Chinese topics. It is frequently used as a citation source for facts presented elsewhere, however the site's author states, "When writing...