Chinese Studies

Geographical information of China can be found in various dictionaries of place names listed below. They can also be obtained through local information sources like local gazatteers and local year books, please consult  Yearbooks guide. If maps are needed, please consult the Maps guide.

Dictionaries of Place Names:  

• Zhongguo gu jin di ming da ci dian 中國古今地名大辭典 / 臧勵龢等編 ; [校訂者陸爾奎, 方毅]. / [Shanghai] : 商務印書館, 1933
  Perkins/Bostock Library | East Asian Collection  | DS705 .Z466 1933
  

• Zhongguo di ming ci dian 中华人民共和国地名大词典 / 主编崔乃夫 / 北京 : 商務印书馆, 1998-. 1-3 volume
  Perkins/Bostock Library | East Asian Reference  | DS705 .Z466 1998 
  

• Ying Han ren wu, di ming, shi jian ci dian = An English-Chinese dictionary of proper names / 英汉 人物、地名、事件 词典 / 主编靳平妥/ 北京市 : 外语 敎学 与 研究 出版社, 1991
  Perkins/Bostock Library | East Asian Reference  | PL1483 .Y56 1991 
  

• Zhongguo ming sheng ci dian 中国名胜词典 / [文化部文物局主编] / 上海 : 上海辞书出版社, 1986
  Perkins/Bostock Library | East Asian Reference  | DS705 .C534 1986 
  

• Zhongguo du cheng zi dian = Encyclopedia of capitals in Chinese history / 中国都城辞典 / 陈桥驿主编 / 南昌市 : 江西教育出版社, 1999.
  Perkins/Bostock Library | East Asian Collection  | DS737 .Z466 1999

Local gazatteers

• Zhongguo Di Fang Zhi Zong Mu Ti Yao 中國地方志總目提要 (1949-1999)
  Perkins/Bostock Library:East Asian Reference | DS737 .Z456 2002 

• Zhongguo Xin Bian Di Fang Zhi Mu Lu 中国新编地方志目录
  Perkins/Bostock Library | East Asian Collection | DS737 .C482 1999