The Local in the Imperial Vision: Landscape, Topography, and Geography in Southern Song Map Guides and Gazetteers

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Fan Lin
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abstract:This article examines the generation of topographic maps and geographical writings about local regions of the Southern Song (1127–1279). It identifies two distinct yet interrelated models in the making of local regions in maps and writings: first, map guides (tujing 圖經), which were produced and updated regularly at different tiers of local government for administrative purposes; second, a growing number of monographs, some of them also named "map guides" (tujing) and others "gazetteers" (zhi 志 or difang zhi 地方志), which were compiled by local literati scholars. Upon close examination of these two models, one finds that the local consciousness and identity voiced by the provincial elite were congruous with centralist sentiment and discourse at this time. Specifically, the literati described features of local topographies within an imperial context and in the language of the authorities. Moreover, the wide circulation of these writings also contributed to the collective imagining of a Song Empire in the daily life of the society. In sum, this article argues that there was a close relationship between cartographic discourse and the production of empire at the local level. On the one hand, the state of the Southern Song, traditionally thought to have lost momentum in local control, still proactively maintained regular checks on local geography through mapmaking. On the other hand, local literati strived to establish ties with the central state in various ways while documenting their communities in gazetteers.
帝国视野中的地方:南宋地图指南和地名辞典中的景观、地形和地理
本文考察了南宋(1127-1279)地区地形图和地理文献的生成。它指出在地图和文字中绘制地方区域的两种不同但又相互关联的模式:第一,地图指南(图经),由各级地方政府为行政目的定期制作和更新;其次,越来越多的专著,其中一些也被称为“地图指南”(图经)和其他“地名”(志或地方志),这些都是由地方文人学者编写的。仔细考察这两种模式,我们会发现,省级精英所表达的地方意识和认同,与当时的中央主义情绪和话语是一致的。具体来说,文人在帝国的背景下用官方的语言描述当地的地形特征。此外,这些著作的广泛流传也促成了社会日常生活中对宋代帝国的集体想象。总之,本文认为在地方层面上,地图话语与帝国的产生有着密切的关系。一方面,传统上被认为在地方控制方面已经失去势头的南宋,仍然积极地通过绘制地图来定期检查地方地理。另一方面,地方文人努力以各种方式与中央政府建立联系,同时在地方志中记录他们的社区。
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