Shanghai Chronicles

·FromDrawingtoMapping:theEvolutionofMapsinModernLocalChroniclesWangHui(4)

Abstract: Modern local chronicles surpass ancient local chronicles not only in the guiding ideology and the concepts of chronicling, but also in the compilation approach. Maps are an integral part of local chronicles. Despite the fact that the maps in local chronicles may not represent the highest level of contemporary maps, those in local chronicles compiled in modern times, a period deeply affected by Western learning, are more diverse and practical in content. They were mapped by professionals, and, with the addition of mathematical elements, reflect the new ideas and concepts of that era.

Keywords: local chronicles; maps; modern times; surveying and mapping; mathematical elements

·AProbeintotheFinancialIssuesinthePublicationofModernLocalChroniclesHePeidong(14)

Abstract: Many financial issues are involved in the publication of local chronicles. It can be found by collating and analysing relevant materials in modern local chronicles that: government funding, tax revenue, official and civilian donations were the main sources of funds for the publication of modern local chronicles, while the chroniclers also raised money through many other means; printing fees and payments for the chroniclers constituted two major expenditures in the publication process, generally with the printing fees accounting for a larger proportion; more often than not, the pricing of local chronicles in modern times was much lower than their cost, mainly based on the cost of printing; some places tried investing what was left over from the funds for chronicling and the income from book selling, and earmarking the interests for future chronicling. However, most of the balance was used for local public welfare undertakings such as science and education.

Keywords: modern local chronicles; sources of publishing funds; cost; price; balance

·APreliminaryStudyoftheOnlyExtantCopyofRevisedHanshanCountyAnnalsoftheGuangxuPeriodLiuMeng(25)

Abstract: This paper, focusing on the newly discovered manuscript ofRevisedHanshanCountyAnnalsof the Guangxu Period, examines the historical development of the compilation activities ofHanshanCountyAnnalsin the Ming and Qing dynasties. This paper makes a detailed introduction to the main contents recorded in the newly discovered literature and, by a textual research on its compilation time and tracing the sources of its historical materials, concludes that it has certain reference value to the study of the history and culture of Hanshan County in the late Qing Dynasty and even to the study of local chronicles in general.

Keywords:Guangxu;RevisedHanshanCountyAnnals; value

·AnExplorationoftheCompilationofMajorEventsChroniclesintheNewEraSunZhongchao(31)

Abstract: The 19th National Congress of the CPC has established the new historical orientation for China's development and ushered in a new era for the socialism with Chinese characteristics. The new era has brought new environment, unprecedented challenges and great opportunities to the development of local chronicles. More importantly, it endows the development of local chronicles with a new historical mission. Local chroniclers should strengthen cultural consciousness, adapt to the new environment, work on new problems, develop new achievements and make new contributions. As the inevitable outcome of the development of local chronicles in the new era, major events chronicles are essential to building cultural self-confidence in the new era. How to properly compile major events chronicles is a subject that needs to be studied in research and summarized in practice.

Keywords: new era; major events chronicles; local chronicles undertaking; cultural confidence

·TheContributionofWangFamilytoXinchengCountyofShandong—WithXinchengCountyAnnalsastheMainObjectofStudyGaoLili(37)

Abstract: The prominent Wang Family in Xincheng County, Shandong during the Ming and Qing dynasties, drawing upon its own cultural, political and economic strengths, had made significant contributions to its hometown in various aspects, such as seeking political benefits for its fellow townsman, actively engaging itself in the local cultural affairs, and devoting itself to promoting public welfare, to name just a few.XinchengCountyAnnalsprovides a detailed account of the contributions of the Wang Family to the local people: participating in the compilation of local chronicles, helping renovate and rebuild local schools, donating material, financial, human resources to relieve people in need, renovating city gates and moat, etc. The detailed historical account of the Wang Family inXinchengCountyAnnalsisauthentic, reliable and abundant, greatly facilitating the study on the Wang Family by later generations. It is also a great example of how local chronicles play a key role in the study of social history and serve as an important vehicle for the study of local social history.

Keywords:XinchengCountyAnnals; Wang Family; local society; contribution

·GeneralApproachtoDepicting,CharacterizingandPopularizingAncientSagesfortheCultivationofPeopleintheCountyAnnalsoftheQingDynasty—TakingtheYingshangCountyAnnals,BaofengCountyAnnalsandYueqingCountyAnnalsofDaoguangPeriodasExamplesWangFangling(43)

Abstract: Local chronicles are acclaimed as the "the panoramic history of a place", with the functions of "preserving history, regulating the state governance and cultivating people". Local chronicles from the Qing Dynasty are mostly of high academic value. A lot of citations and quotations from them have found their way into historical books and writings by scholars. The feudal central government, making use of the characterization of exemplary sages in the county annals, succeeded in promoting honest practices and maintaining local stability; the local governments also raised their profiles by promoting their long history and culture - This incentive mechanism in turn spurred the depiction, characterization and popularization of the local "biographies of sages".

Keywords: county annals; sages; cultivation; characterization; popularization

·IntroductiontotheCompilationofShanghaiAlmanac1852ZhouYumin(49)

Abstract: As the first almanac in the history of Shanghai,ShanghaiAlmanac1852 preserves much important information about the early history of Shanghai after its opening, covering astronomy and geography, natural sciences and social sciences, among others. This paper focuses on several representative articles in the almanac. In addition, it also gives a brief account of several articles about areas other than Shanghai (Ningbo, Turkey and Australia).

Keywords:ShanghaiAlmanac1852; compilation; introduction

·CharacteristicAnalysisandReferenceSignificanceofBritishAlmanacofPoliticiansYangYongcheng(53)

Abstract: Britain is one of the major publishing countries of Western almanacs, and has made great contributions to the development of Western almanacs, from the ancient almanacs to the early almanacs and then to the modern almanacs. Britain has been the first country to publish almanacs. The 16th century witnessed the advent of yearbooks in Britain. These two kinds of chronicles are different from each other in contents and target readers, developing into the two major forms of chronicles in the world today. The BritishAlmanacofPoliticianspublished in the late half of the 19th century enjoys a worldwide reputation. Its content and form are characteristic of Western yearbooks, which can be used as a reference for the compilation of China's yearbooks.

Keywords:AlmanacofPoliticians; Britain; characteristics; reference

·TextualResearchofJesuitBrancati'sMissionaryActivitiesandSocialLifeinShanghaiLuoShiya(60)

Abstract: Francesco Brancati was a Jesuit missionary who came to China in the late Ming Dynasty. He was not only the first resident missionary in Shanghai, but also a missionary who preached the religion the longest time in Shanghai before Kangxi’s banning of the religion. During his mission in Shanghai, Brancati was involved in numerous activities, including building churches and chapels, establishing congregations, preaching in Chongming, presiding over the funeral ceremony of Xu Guangqi combining Chinese and Western characteristics, and actively associating with local Chinese scholar-bureaucrats, contributing greatly to the widely spreading of Catholicism in Shanghai. A research on Brancati's missionary activities in Shanghai can help people gain a deeper understanding of the various preaching methods of Catholicism in different parts of China during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Keywords: Jesuits; Francesco Brancati; Shanghai; Catholicism; the late Ming and early Qing dynasties

·OperationandManagementofCityTramBusinessbeforeWarofResistanceagainstJapan—ACaseStudyoftheFrenchElectricTramwaysandLightingCompanyinShanghaiLiPeilin(67)

Abstract: Before the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan, the French Electric Tramways and Lighting Company was a municipal trust integrating tramcars, lighting and tap water in the French Concession in Shanghai. It not only monopolized the public transport in the concession, but also was one leading large-scale enterprise in modern Shanghai. This paper gives a glimpse of the general rules of the business operation of the modern tram enterprise by research through multiple perspectives, such as the establishment structure and personnel organisation of the company, equipment construction and vehicle allocation, operating routes and fares, as well as enterprise capital and business income, thus providing insights into the development and evolution of Shanghai's city tram undertaking.

Keywords: city trams; French Concession in Shanghai; French Electric Tramways and Lighting Company; business management; before the War of Resistance against Japan

·ADetailedTextualResearchoftheThreeRiversinHongkouwiththeHelpofAncientChroniclesJinYichao(82)

Abstract: Hongkou is one of the few places in central Shanghai that still retains a complete water system, represented by Yujingpu and Shajinggang. However, with the historical changes and the city development, nowadays almost no one can tell exactly what the rivers flowing through the neighbourhood looked like in the past, or describe the historical sites and landscape along the banks of these rivers in the old days. Fortunately, local chronicles have preserved a record of their past, thus people today can solve the mysteries of their past by referring to the chronicles.

Keywords: ancient chronicles of the Ming and Qing dynasties; Hongkou; Yujingpu; Shajinggang; Qiujiang

·ATextualResearchontheSupplementtothePoemsandEssaysofQianWeishanYangJing(86)

Abstract: Qian Weishan, a reputed scholar in the late Yuan Dynasty, once sojourned in Huating, Songjiang. His works did not have a chance to be handed down to this day except Collection of Songjiang Life. The book was compiled by himself in his prime years, and doesn’t include descriptions of his life, thoughts and creation in the 40 years afterwards. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, more than 10 collectors made great efforts to compile Qian Weishan's poems and essays, with substantial outcomes. The supplement has great value in studying Qian Weishan, the socializing and creations of the communities he belonged to, Shanghai's position in the development of Jiangnan culture, and even the interrelation between local chronicles and collections, as well as the methods of collecting and editing scattered documents.

Keywords: Qian Weishan; Collection of Songjiang Life; a supplement to poems and essays; textual research

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