Lectures on the Historical and Political Geography of China

This book is a summary of Professor Zhou Zhenhe's lectures and reflections over the years on the historical political geography of China. It consists of an introductory essay and seventeen topical lectures. It first explains the field's history, current state, research directions, and significance, then clarifies its basic concepts and scholarly terminology. It goes on to discuss the elements of administrative divisions, the core subject of political geography, and related topics. It then examines in detail political-geographical phenomena that are unusual or representative, and concludes by proposing a vision for establishing the study of China's historical political geography. The book systematically presents the field's basic character and thoroughly analyzes the geographical significance of political processes in historical periods, making an important contribution to scholarly innovation and the founding of a discipline.