Dunhuang, 53, 55, 67–69, 189, 192, 303–304

dwelling, 23, 43, 198, 201–202, 205–206, 209, 217, 224, 231, 235, 237, 239, 242, 244, 247

earthquake, 55, 157–158, 160–162

Ehuang, 210

elite, 5, 40, 57, 59, 97, 140, 155, 164, 187, 190, 197–199, 202–203, 205–206, 209, 272, 298, 300

emperors, 68, 136, 205, 221–222, 251

Emperor Dezong, 47, 49, 65, 83, 85–86, 123

Emperor Gaodi, 150

Emperor Guangwu, 88–89

Emperor Muzong, 4, 40

Emperor Wuzhong, 45

Emperor Xianzong, 41–42, 235, 302–303

Emperor Yuan, 159

encyclopedias, 5, 38–39, 46–47, 51, 62, 104, 236, 267

Classified Extracts from Literature, 132

Primer for Beginners, A, 132

Records of Scenery on Earth, 159, 225, 245–246

“Essay on Supplications”, 173

See also Li Deyu

ethnic markers, 50

examination of the ground (xiangdi), 244

excursions, 21, 98, 104, 196, 233, 249, 268–269, 272, 307

Extensive Records of the Taiping Era, 56–57

Fadu, 171–172

Famous Paintings through History, 45

See also Zhang Yanyuan

Fan Zeng, 158, 165

“Farmer’s Supplication”, 178

fauna, 115, 280–281

fauna, 115, 280–281

See also animals

Felt, David Jonathan, 36–37, 61–62

Five Zones of Submission (wufu), 32–33, 83

flood, 33, 61, 157–158, 160–162, 178

flora, 281, 289

folk cults, 166, 172, 192

foreign (yi), 44, 49–50

“Four Extremes and Eight Extents”, 58, 95–97

four seas, 49, 65, 84, 86, 88–89, 118, 154

fratricide, 170

Fuzhou, 22, 135–140, 142–144, 248

Ganquan, 56

Gansu Province, 77, 268

gazetteer, 35–36, 62, 130

Ge Hong, 123, 138, 188

Biographies of Divinities and Immortals, 136

Gentzler, Mason, 236, 252

geographers, 5, 9, 14, 27, 33, 38, 40, 58–59, 130, 309

Han geographers, 35

geography

field of geography (dili), 16, 32, 35–36, 61–62, 127

local geography, 10, 22–23, 25–26, 35, 39–40, 51–52, 56, 146, 152, 156, 170, 174, 209, 278, 281, 289