This document was created using Microsoft's Internet Assistant for Word . Siming tujing , 2.14a-13a. 7. Three of these have been widely reprinted and UCLA owns two or more copies of all of them. Below is a summary of the type of information available from each and information about their compilation. Some recent mainland compilations also include the editions below.
Geographical information is generally scanty, and economic and population data are limited.
Not only is it much longer than the previous, it is of wider use as a historical source because of its much greater detail on geography, population and taxation, economic activities, biography, examinees and buildings. The list of examinees, for instance, is not updated. Kexue chubanshe, 1958.