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• This work is an inventory of the garrison system in Yuanjiang Prefecture (which became a municipality in 1770), in Yunnan Province. The garrison was established in the 15th year of the Shunzhi reign (1658) when the Manchu armies succeeded in defeating the prefect Na Song, who was loyal to the Southern Ming regime, and in occupying Yunnan, one of the last provinces to be conquered by the Manchu. Yuanjiang is situated on a plateau in the middle and upper areas of the Yuan River surrounded by forests. Xiang Guangxian, a garrison commander who had rendered great service in suppressing the resistance in Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, took over the command in 1846, and this inventory was compiled by him. It is a two-volume handwritten copy, issued during the Daoguang reign (1821-50), which gives details on the geographical position, territory, cities, waters, ponds, beacon towers, population, customs, and indigenous people of the region. Also given is detailed information on army rations, weapons and munitions, and measurements of roads. The work is an important reference source for the history of Yuanjiang. World Digital Library.
• Xiang Guangxian was an official of the Yuan Jiang battalions in Pu'er Prefecture until the year 1846; he compiled this detailed record of the territory, local minority peoples and their customs and chiefs, products, transportation, weapons, defensive city walls, and so forth.
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• 九行二十七字. Nine lines, with twenty-seven characters per line.
• 清向光先撰。雲南元江營駐札普洱府，其設營肇始於順治十五年，當時清廷平滇，土官那嵩投誠，後又與許民臣等叛，討平之。十七年置元江府，後又改直隸州。倚山臨江，林箐叢密。延至道光二十六年，始由元江營參將向光先編訂營制總冊，凡疆域形勢城池方輿民風土俗糧餉軍大器械塘汎墩臺程站里數及土司夷人種類等，詳為記載，頗資參考.
• 清道光間紅格彩繪鈔本. Qing Dynasty colored manuscript with red grids, ca. 1846-1850.