Toponymical Dictionnairies
Author : Playfair, G. M. H.
Title : The Cities and Towns of China
Subtitle : a geographical dictionary
Place : Hong Kong
Year : 1879
Imprint : 470 p.
Bibl. note : No small effort on the side of the compiler, this
little dictionary of some 9000 placenames owes much of
its material to Biot's work of 1842. With the re-
adjustments of geo-political units (districts,
autonomous regions and the like) the work is outdated,
though still useful (for example it supplies longitude
and latitude measurements, includes placenames of the
border regions and provides lists of "adminstrative
cities of China" as it were in the 1870ies. Arranged
according to Wade's rendering of the Chinese
characters; index; numerous reprints (Tokyo 1901 and
again in 1905; Shanghai 1910; Taibei 1965);
Ass. person: Mou Yinghang ¦ÈÀ³ªC [½s]
Title : Gu diming lansheng ¥j¦a¦WÄý³Ó
Place : (Kaifeng)
Publisher : Henan kexue jishu chubanshe ªe«n¬ì¾Ç§Þ³N¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1983
Imprint : 307 p.
Bibl. note : lists and explains approx. 600 old toponyms of pre-Han
to late Qing origin
Ass. person: Biot, Edouard
Title : Dictionnaire des Villes Chinoises
Place : Paris (?)
Year : 1842
Ass. person: Li Zhaoluo §õ¥ü¬¥
Title : Lidai dilizhi yun bian jin shi ¾ú¥N¦a¾ú§ÓÃý½s¤µÄÀ
Place : Yangzhou
Publisher : Jiangsu guangling guji keyinshe ¦¿Ä¬¼s³®¥jÄy¨è¦LªÀ
Year : 1992
Imprint : 538 p.
Bibl. note : All placenames found in the dili-sections of the
various official standard histories arranged according
to rhyme classes; annotated entries; appended are other
works by Li Zhaoluo like the ¬ö¤¸½s, the ¾ú¥Nªu²¹Ï and
the ÁÖ¦a¹Ï
Author : Jap. name ¦h¥Ð¯u£¸ [µÛ]
Ass. person: Zhang Cichen [trsl.]
Title : Beijing diming zhi ¥_¨Ê¦a¦W§Ó
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Shumu wenxian chubanshe ®Ñ¥Ø¤åÄm¥Xª©ªÀ
Imprint : 186 S.
Bibl. note : based on and translated from a works that was already
completed in 1944 (contained in the ªF¤è¥Á«UÂO®Ñ¡^
Ass. person: Niu Ruchen ¤û¦¼¨° [½s]
Title : Yuan yu diming de Zhongguo xingshi ·½¤_¦a¦Wªº¤¤°ê©Ê¤ó
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Dianzi gongye chubanshe ¹q¤l¤u·~¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1988
Imprint : 166 p.
ISBN : 7-5053-0306-6
Bibl. note : An annotated list of family names (or "clan" names, if
you wish) and their relationship with historical
localities; principally an attempt to settle the issue
of geography versus genealogy, explaining toponyms by
pointing to the family name of the people (or clan)
that first lived there.
Ass. person: Chen Zhengxiang [ed.] ³¯¥¿²» [½s ]
Title : Taiwan diming cidian »OÆW¦a¦WÃã¨å
Place : Tainan ¥x«n
Publisher : Nantian shuju «n¤Ñ®Ñ§½
Imprint : 376 p.
ISBN : 957-638-197-5
Bibl. note : Lists references to 6368 placenames in Taiwan, giving
longitude and latitude readings; stroke count index;
foreword dated 1960;
Ass. person: Dan Shumo [zhu bian] ³æ¾ð¼Ò [¥D½s]
Corp. body : <> bianzuan weiyuanhui [bian]
<<¦¿Ä¬¬Ù>>½sÄ¡©eû·| [½s]
Title : Zhonghua renmin gongheguo diming cidian
¤¤µØ¤H¥Á¦@©M°ê¦a¦Wµü¨å
Subtitle : Jiangsu sheng ¦¿Ä¬¬Ù
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan °Óª«¦L®ÑÀ]
Year : 1987
Imprint : 560 p.
ISBN : 7-100-00610-4
Bibl. note : includes index of placenames according to Hanyu Pinyin
word order; also appended is a useful section on old
placenames.
Ass. person: Liang Xijie [zhu bian] ¸d§ÆªN [¥D½s]
Corp. body : <> bianzuan weiyuanhui [bian]
<<´ò¥_¬Ù>>½sÄ¡©eû·| [½s]
Title : Zhonghua renmin gongheguo diming cidian
¤¤µØ¤H¥Á¦@©M°ê¦a¦Wµü¨å
Subtitle : Hubei sheng ´ò¥_¬Ù
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan °Óª«¦L®ÑÀ]
Year : 1990
Imprint : 627 p.
ISBN : 7-100-00463-2
Bibl. note : includes index of placenames according to Hanyu PinyIn
word order; also appended is a useful section on old
placenames.
Ass. person: Pei Zhunchang [zhu bian] »pã©÷ [¥D½s]
Corp. body : <> bianzuan weiyuanhui [bian]
<<´ò«n¬Ù>>½sÄ¡©eû·| [½s]
Title : Zhonghua renmin gongheguo diming cidian
¤¤µØ¤H¥Á¦@©M°ê¦a¦Wµü¨å
Subtitle : Hunan sheng ´ò«n¬Ù
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan °Óª«¦L®ÑÀ]
Year : 1992
Imprint : 651 p.
ISBN : 7-100-00895-6
Bibl. note : includes index of placenames according to Hanyu PinyIn
word order; also appended is a useful section on old
placenames.
Ass. person: Li Chunfen [zhu bian] §õ¬Kªâ [¥D½s]
Corp. body : <> bianzuan weiyuanhui [bian]
<<¤W®ü¥«>>½sÄ¡©eû·| [½s]
Title : Zhonghua renmin gongheguo diming cidian
¤¤µØ¤H¥Á¦@©M°ê¦a¦Wµü¨å
Subtitle : Shanghai shi ¤W®ü¥«
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan °Óª«¦L®ÑÀ]
Year : 1989
Imprint : 355 p.
ISBN : 7-100-00609-0
Bibl. note : includes a rather unique index of old streetnames (with
French or English spelling), their new appellation and
approximate location (according to Hanyu PinyIn word
order); also appended is a useful section on old
placenames.
Ass. person: Chen Qiaoyi [zhu bian] ³¯¾ôÅæ [¥D½s]
Corp. body : <> bianzuan weiyuanhui [bian]
<<®ý¦¿¬Ù>>½sÄ¡©eû·| [½s]
Title : Zhonghua renmin gongheguo diming cidian
¤¤µØ¤H¥Á¦@©M°ê¦a¦Wµü¨å
Subtitle : Zhejiang sheng ®ý¦¿¬Ù
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan °Óª«¦L®ÑÀ]
Year : 1988
Imprint : 487 p.
ISBN : 7-100-00608-2
Bibl. note : includes index of placenames according to Hanyu PinyIn
word order; also appended is a useful section on old
placenames.
Author : Deng Qinglin ¾H²MªL
Title : Heilongjiang diming kaoshi ¶ÂÀs¦¿¦a¦W¦ÒÄÀ
Place : Harbin «¢º¸ÀØ
Publisher : Heilongjiang renmin chubanshe ¶ÂÀs¦¿¤H¥Á¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1986
Imprint : 211 p.
Author : Zhang Jingxi ±i´ºº³
Title : Henan diming manlu ªe«n¦a¦Wº©¿ý
Place : Kaifeng (?)
Publisher : Zhongzhou guji chubanshe ¤¤¦{¥jÄy¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1984
Imprint : 260 p., maps
Bibl. note : Includes index of placenames arranged according to
stroke order.
Ass. person: Wang Hui ¤ý«ì [½s¿è]
Title : Han shu dilizhi tukao tongjian º~®Ñ¦a²z§Ó¹Ï¦Ò³qÀË
Place : Taibei ¥x¥_
Publisher : Wenhai chubanshe ¤å®ü¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1975
Imprint : 104 p.
Bibl. note : A useful table of placenames mentioned in the
geographical section of the Han Shu; listing page
numbers, the district and "country" the place was
located; annotations refer to their present day
location; arranged according to stroke count.
Ass. person: Zang Lihe [et al.] ±iÀy÷Ï [µ¥½s]
Title : Zhongguo gu jin diming da cidian ¤¤°ê¥j¤µ¦a¦W¤jÃã¨å
Place : Hong Kong
Publisher : Shangwu yinshuguan Xianggang fenguan
°Ó°È¦L®ÑÀ]»´ä¤ÀÀ]
Year : 1982 (11th printing)
Imprint : 1410 p.
Bibl. note : Massive standard dictionary of Chinese historical and
newer placenames; simple stroke order index in the
front, exhaustive four-corner index in the back; table
of variant district (xian ¿¤ ) placenames.
Ass. person: Bao Ding Àj¹© [µÛ]
Title : Jiu zhou shi ming ¤E¦{ÄÀ¦W
Place : Taibei ¥x¥_
Publisher : Guangwen shuju ¼s¤å®Ñ§½
Year : 1970
Imprint : 64 p. (counting double leaves)
Ser. title : Biji san zhong µ§°O¤TºØ
Bibl. note : based on the first imprint by Bao Ding taken from the
Mo han jinshi san shu ÀqÉDª÷¥Û¤T®Ñ (caption of this
edition says it is taken from ÀqÉD©ÒµÛ®Ñ¤§¤K); Bao
explains toponyms from old stone and bronce
inscriptions, arranged after the pattern of the old Jiu
zhou system.
Ass. person: Zhao Yongfu »¯¥Ã´_ [½s]
Title : Shuijing zhu tongjian jin shi ¤ô¸gª`³qÀˤµÄÀ
Place : Shanghai ¤W®ü
Publisher : Fudan daxue chubanshe ´_¥¹¤j¾Ç¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1985
Imprint : 161 p.
Bibl. note : a useful table of placenames mentioned in the Shuijing
zhu by Li Daoyuan; references to modern locations
(where possible), page numbers to two editions of the
original work (Wang ben and Yang ben).
Ass. person: Wang Tianliang ¤ý¤Ñ¨} [½s]
Title : Sanguo zhi diming suoyin ¤T°ê§Ó¦a¦W¯Á¤Þ
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Zhonghua shuju ¤¤µØ®Ñ§½
Year : 1980
Imprint : 168 p.
Bibl. note : based on the Sanguo zhi edition of 1959 this
concordance identifies all placenames and puts them
into sequential order according to the 4 corner
character indexing system; a separate index arranged
along strike count rules is appended; not included are
placenames that stem from official designations for
persons.
Ass. person: Qian Mu ¿ú¿p [µÛ]
Title : Shiji diming kao ¥v°O¦a¦W¦Ò
Subtitle : [fu] xulie, zongmu, suoyin [ªþ]±Ô¨Ò,Á`¥Ø,¯Á¤Þ
Place : Taibei ¥x¥_
Publisher : Sanmin shuju ¤T¥Á®Ñ§½¡]Á`¸g¾P¡^
Year : 1984
Imprint : 34 ¨÷; 943, 83 p.
Bibl. note : Constituting a monumental study of toponyms identified
in the Shiji, this work was already begun well before
the war. Completed in 1941, but only handed in to a
Shanghai publisher in 1949, the work took about 30
years to see the light of day; Qian Mu cites early
reference works such as the Kuodi zhi ¬A¦a§Ó etc. to
verify his spatial assignments. Incl. stroke count
index of placenames. Arranged according to the Shiji
sections themselves.
Ass. person: ¼B¶v¤¯
Corp. body : Ryoun Shobo ⶳ®Ñ©Ð½s¶°³¡ [½s]
Title : Chugoku rekishi chimei daijiten ¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¦W¤jÃã¨å
Place : Tokyo ªF¨Ê
Publisher : Ryoun Shobo ⶳ®Ñ©Ð
Year : 1981
Imprint : 5 ¥U
Ass. person: jap. Name «¿A«T¦ [½s]
Title : Zuozhuan renming diming suoyin ¥ª¶Ç¤H¦W¦a¦W¯Á¤Þ
Place : Taibei ¥x¥_
Publisher : Guangwen shuju ¼s¤å®Ñ§½
Year : 1976
Imprint : 245 p.
Bibl. note : preface dated 1962; this is a Chinese adaptation of the
original Japanese edition; identifies placenames in the
Zuozhuan; index give only names of chapters that
contain the toponym.
Author : Li Tai [ð] §õ®õ
Ass. person: Wang Hui ¤ý«ì [¿è]
Title : Kuodi zhi xin ji ¬A¦a§Ó·s¿è
Place : Taibei ¥x¥_
Publisher : Shijie shuju ¥@¬É®Ñ§½
Year : 1974
Imprint : 6 ¨÷; 180 p.
Bibl. note : New annotations to the Kuodi zhi, a work of Tang
dynasty Li Tai (fourth son of emperor Taizong) who
investigated old placenames that were mentioned in some
classics such as the Shiji; much of the original Kuodi
(which comprised 55 juan) zhi is now lost.
Ass. person: Tan Qixiang ÃÓ¨äù³ [¥D½s]
Title : <> shiwen huibian
¤¤°ê¾ú¥v¦a¹Ï¶°
Subtitle : dongbei juan ªF¥_¨÷
Place : Beijing ¥_¨Ê
Publisher : Zhongyang minzu xueyuan chubanshe ¤¤¥¡¥Á±Ú¾Ç°|¥Xª©ªÀ
Year : 1988
Imprint : 393 p.
ISBN : 7-81001-020-4
Bibl. note : supplementing the ¹Ï¶° edition of 1982- with what the
collection of maps lacked: the explanatory texts; this
volume deals with the administrative geography of the
region of what today is constituted by the three
provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang; incl. index
of placenames; this volume is supposed to be one of six
textual supplements to the historical maps project. the
others (which I have not seen nor have I been able to
aquire bibliographical information thereof) deal with
China's northwestern regions (¦è¥_¨÷¡^¡,, the southwest
(¦è«n¨÷¡^,Mongolia (»X¥j¦a°Ï¡^, Tibet (Âñڦa°Ï) and
central imperial China (¤¤ì¤ý´Â³¡¤À¡^
Ass. person: Aoyama Sadao (1903-1983) «C¤s©w¶¯ [½s]
Title : Dokushi hoyo kiyo sakuin Shina rekidai chimei yoran
Ū¥v¤èÁÖ¬ö¤¤°ê¾ú¥N¦a¦WnÄý
Place : Tokyo ªF¨Ê
Year : 1933
Imprint : 721 p.
Bibl. note : valuable toponymical index determining and evaluating
the placenames used in the Du shi fang yu jiyao
Ū¥v¤èÁÖ¬ön, a comprehensive description of the empire
("Essentials of Historical Geography") from a
historical angle (compiled by Gu Zuyu ÅU¯ª¬ê, 1631-
1692); on Gu Zuyu see Hummel: Eminent Chinese of the
Ch'ing Period, p.419-420; reprinted by the ¬x¤ó¥Xª©ªÀ,
¥x¥_ no date, the Letian chubanshe, Taibei 1973, and
¤èÁÖ¥Xª©ªÀ, Taibei 1979.
Corp. body : United States. War Department.
Title : Japanese Readings for Chinese Place Names - Arranged by Character
Place : Washington, D.C.
Publisher : United States Government Printing Office
Year : 1945 (20. April)
Imprint : XLVI, 504 p.
Bibl. note : This dictionary lists about 35.000 Chinese placenames by to
stroke order (according to the 214 radicals), followed by modified
Wade-Giles reading, then the Japanese pronouncation, the abbreviated
code for the province, longitude/latitude (in minutes) and page referral
to V. K. Ting Atlas of China (New Atlas of the Chinese Republic, publ.
by the Shen Pao Press in Shanghai). This is volume TM 30-486 of the War
Department Technical Series. TM 30-487 is the same dictionary, but placenames
are arranged by Chinese reading (modified Wade-Giles). TM 30-488 is yet
another list of the same names, but arranged by Japanese reading (modified
Hepburn system). All titles are (or, rather, were) classified as restricted
material.