The work was compiled by Shi Duchen, who received the title
<p>of <em>jin shi </em>(doctoral degree) in the 35th year of the Jiajing reign
(1556) and later became the governor of Shuntian Fu (present-day Beijing). The work depicts
the dams and dikes of the Huguang region, which included Hubei
and Hunan
provinces. The Xiang, Zi, Yuan and Li
Rivers converge on the Yangtze River at Lake Dongting in northeastern Hunan, which is known as the water country.
During the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming dynasty (1522-1566), three
imperial bureaus issued decrees ordering the building of dams and dikes. Shi
Duchen was assigned to supervise the construction. This work contains annotated
illustrations of each of the dams and dikes built. The author's preface is
dated 1568.
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<br>Dams; Dikes (Engineering); Jianghan Region (China)
Shi, Duchen, 1530-1574
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