New Peace County: A Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region

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TRANSLATED PASSAGES The followin g fifty passage s o f translatio n fro m th e 181 9 gazetteer , vary i n length: som e ar e complet e section s fro m th e original , bu t man y ar e excerpt s only. Where brackets ar e used it indicates that th e original text is in a smaller typeface. Page number reference s ar e to the 197 4 Taiwan reprin t edition . CONTENTS Prefatory Material: T. 1 Note s on the revision of the gazetteer . Premier Chapter: T.2 Openin g up waste-land . T.3 Th e peopl e o f Fujian an d Guangdon g shoul d pa y more attentio n t o agriculture. T.4 Standardiz e th e speech o f Fujian an d Guangdong . T.5 Imperia l relief for th e Tanka o f Guangdong. T.6 Pu t a n en d to gambling . T.7 Th e coasta l guards. T.8 Orde r t o issue grain loans. T.9 Exemptio n o f importing vessels from grai n tax. Chapter One: T.IO Tabl e of the county's administrativ e history . Chapter Two: T.ll Boundaries . T.12 Wind-lore . T.13 Customs . T.14 Villages . Chapter Four: T.15 Mountains . T.16 Waters . 70 New Peace County Chapter Five: T.17 Civi l establishment . Chapter Seven: T.18 Walle d an d moate d cities . T.19 Militar y offices . T.20 Th e school . T.21 Temples . Chapter Eight: T.22 Population . T.23 Land-tax . Chapter Nine: T.24 Th e Xiangyin banquet . T.25 Hakk a examinatio n quota . T.26 Th e Fenggan g Academy . Chapter Ten: T.27 Publi c lectures. T.28 Savin g the sun . T.29 Takin g up office . Chapter Eleven: T.30 Militar y establishment . T.31 Charitie s administration . T.32 Relie f granaries. T.33 Posta l stations. Chapter Twelve: T.34 Coasta l defences . T.35 Th e fleet . Chapter Thirteen: T.36 Natura l disasters . T.3 7Bandits . T.38 Th e evacuation . Chapter Fourteen: T.39 Official s an d thei r goo d works. Translated Passages 71 Chapter Eighteen: T.40 Histori c sites. Chapter Nineteen: T.41 Rotabl e people (1) Chapter Twenty: T42 Notabl e people (2) Chapter Twenty-one: T.43 Notabl e People (3) Chapter Twenty-two: T.44 Memorial : reopen the closed area and let the people return . T.45 Petitio n t o relieve the hardships of the pearl-fishers . T.46 Brin g an end to violence so as to bring peace to the people. T.47 Registe r the Tanka s o as to stop the supply of pirates. T.48 Proposa l to reduce grain stocks. T.49 Strictl y enforc e th e baojia system to keep crime in check . Chapter Twenty-three: T.50 Commemorativ e ston e for the building of the Fenggang Academy. TA Notes o n th e revisio n o f th e gazettee r p.ll Our Emperors have repeatedly issued edicts severely warning us to take to heart the meanin g an d intention s o f the law . The ol d gazettee r ha s no t bee n brought up to date since 1688, but now we have respectfully an d carefull y edited'it, addin g and correctin g so as to make clear the law. The history of development of the county provides the framework o f the book, but in the old gazetteer it was included in the geographical section where it was in parts clear and in parts confused. Her e we have carefully revise d it and place d i t in a section of its own. 72 New Peace County While geographica l positio n i s foun d b y consultin g th e heavens , th e actua l county are a i s terrestrial, s o the 'Heavens' chapter o f the old gazettee r ha s now bee n incorporate d i n th e 'Topography ' section . A gazettee r shoul d b e firmly base d o n maps . Xin'an ha s se a on thre e side s an d coastal defenc e i s particularl y important . Therefor e t o th e map s give n i n the ol d gazettee...