Gazetteer of Xin'an County explained

Xin'an Xianzhi (; literally Gazetteers of Xin'an County) 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.

Six editions were published, the first one in 1587 and the last one in 1819.^[1] 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

Further reading

• Book: Ng, Peter Y. L. . 1983 . New Peace County. A Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region . . 9789622090439 . 2 May 2021 . 2 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210502132912/https://hkupress.hku.hk/pro/1257.php . dead .

Notes and References

1. Barnett. K. M. A. . 1964. Hong Kong Before the Chinese: the Frame, The Puzzle and the Missing Pieces. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 4 . 66-67. 1991-7295.