Lù Chéng dìlǐ shū chāo 陸澄地理書抄
Lu Cheng’s Geographical Excerpts compiled by 陸澄 (Lù Chéng, 425–494 CE) — jí 輯
About the work
An anthology of geographic excerpts compiled by the Liu Song–Southern Qi official and bibliophile Lù Chéng 陸澄 (425–494 CE). The Suí shū · Jīngjí zhì records that Lù Chéng compiled a Dìlǐ shū 地理書 in 149 juàn, drawing on a wide range of earlier geographic works. The KRP text preserves three brief passages from this anthology, which functions as a meta-compilation of Six Dynasties geographic fragments.
Abstract
The three surviving passages cover:
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Xiāngyáng has no Xiāng River 襄陽無襄水: A single-line geographic correction — the city of Xiangyang does not, in fact, have a Xiang River. (The city name is unrelated to the river name; a note addressing a common confusion.)
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Zhú River confluence with Miǎn River 筑水會沔水: “The place where the Zhú River 筑水 joins the Miǎn River 沔水 is called Zhú Mouth 筑口.” A brief topographic note on a river-confluence place name in the Han River basin.
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Long Bridge and Zhou Chu 長橋: “Administrator Yuán Gōngjūn Qǐ 袁府君玘 built the Long Bridge in the Later Han period. In the Jin dynasty, when Zhōu Chǔ 周處 was young, he killed the man-eating flood dragon 蛟 under Long Bridge — the bridge has twelve spans.” This passage cross-references Zhōu Chǔ (236–297 CE, author of Fēngtǔ jì 風土記, KR2k0161) and his famous story of slaying the flood dragon — locating the event geographically at the twelve-span Long Bridge built by a Han administrator.
This compilation represents Lù Chéng’s broader antiquarian project of preserving geographic data from the Han through Liu Song periods.
Translations and research
No substantial secondary literature located.
Links
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