Since its publication,Records of the Ten Continents has been encompassed in both public and private booklist in the preceding dynasties.It was mostly included in the geography works of the history department in the Ming dynasty bibliographic works;but in the Qing dynasty bibliographic works it was listed into the novel category,which reflects the vicissitude of the concept of novel.As to the editions of Records of the Ten Continents,there remain three editions of the Song dynasty;there are a variety of editions of the Ming dynasty;the editions ...
