The Chronicles of Huayang or Huayang Guo Zhi is the oldest extant gazetteer of a region of China. It was compiled by Chang Qu during the Jin Dynasty. It contains roughly 110,000 characters. Its contents comprise history, geography and individuals of its region. It was used by the Liu Song Dynasty historian Pei Songzhi in his annotations to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, and by the Tang Dynasty prince Li Xian when he wrote his commentaries on the Book of the Later Han.

The Chronicles of Huayang is also rendered in English as:

• Annals of Huayang Country

• Huayang National Annals

• Records of the States South of Mount Hua

• Annals of the Kingdoms South of Mount Hua

Hong Liangji said that Chronicles of Huayang is one of the oldest extant Chinese gazetteers, along with the Yue Jue Shu (越絶書).

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