Map · Chinese
Yu ji tu (Map of the Tracks of Yu), grid map on the 1136 Xi’an stele: rubbings at LOC (Hummel) and via WDL (National Library of China)
禹跡圖
anonymous (Song), stele carved 1136
How we know
compilation Assembled from earlier sources. The author did not observe it directly.
compilation of Song administrative geography on a 100-li grid (5,110 squares)
Research notes
- Two rubbings (LOC and NLC) of the same stele; LOC rubbing date given as 1933?
Why it matters
Reference object for Chinese grid mapping in 1136; establishes the domestic frame against which the Hua yi tu treats the north as foreign; limited direct bearing on Tartary.
Places named
China proper with rivers and coasts; northern frontier to the Great Wall
Who copied whom
Earlier in the chain
- same work (stated)The two faces of one 1136 stele (Hua yi tu and Yu ji tu)
Keep exploring
The maps drawn just before and just after this one.
