Gazetteer of Xin'an County

Not to be confused with Gazetteer of Xin'an County, Luoyang.

Xin'an Xianzhi (Chinese: 新安縣志; literally Gazetteers of Xin'an County), also known as San On County Gazetteer^[1][2] or San On Gazetteer^[3][4] in English, were the chorography of the historical Xin'an County (San-On or Sun-On County; literally New Peace County; known at times as the Po-On County (spelt Bao'an in pinyin)) of Guangdong (then Kwangtung) in southern China. Due to frequent geopolitical changes, the county ceased to exist and became the history and territories of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, metropolises in South China. Versions of the gazetteer are very important records to study in the area.

Gazetteer of Xin'an County
Traditional Chinese	新安縣志
Simplified Chinese	新安县志
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīn'ān Xiànzhì Wade–Giles Hsin-an hsien chih Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization sānōn yuhn ji Jyutping san1 on1 jyn6 zi3

A handwritten copy of 1587 version with map. The upper and lower parts of the map shows former locations of Shenzhen and Hong Kong respectively.

Six editions were published, the first one in 1587 and the last one in 1819.^[5] The last editions were Qing's Kangxi Years (K'ang-hsi; 1661–1722) edition and Jiaqing Years (Chia-ch'ing; 1796–1820) edition.

See also

• Gazetteer