Taihu Lake is the earliest surviving Taihu Lake Chronicle of Suzhou Mother Lake"

Taihu Lake is the mother lake of Suzhou and has been the source of water in Suzhou since ancient times. Taihu Lake has bred the growth of all things in wuzhong and is also the cradle of wudi civilization. As early as 10,000 years ago, on the Sanshan Island of Taihu Lake, there were footprints of ancestors. Taihu Lake was called Zhenze and Guqu in ancient times, also known as Five Lakes and Kasazawa. In the "Shang Shu Yu Gong", there is a record of Da Yu Zhi Shui "three rivers are entered, and zhen Ze is fixed". It is said that the reason why it is called "Zhenze" is because it often floods with heavy water and the shock is difficult to determine. Whether Taihu Lake is stable or not is directly related to the production and life of the surrounding residents, so it is easy to attract people's attention, and many writings on Taihu Lake have appeared.

According to volume 58 of the Wuxian Chronicle of the Republic of China, there are four kinds of works that have historically been called "Taihu Zhi", and the authors are Cai Sheng, Ding Yunheng, Li Bei and HuaZhu. Cai Sheng was a native of Dongting Xishan, and his Taihu Chronicle consisted of 10 volumes, for which his son also developed a "continuation". Li Bei, Zi Lingxi, Ma Ji Shan people. None of these "Taihu Chronicles" have been passed down to the world. Later, The Dongting Dongshan man Wang Jun, on the basis of Cai's father and son, abridged into 8 volumes, called "Zhenze Compilation", using the ancient name of Taihu Lake, which is also a general practice of local chronicles, such as the Song Dynasty Suzhou called "Pingjiang", but Fan Chengda's zhishu was called "Wu Junzhi", and the Suzhou Fuzhi compiled during the Ming Dynasty Wang Junzhengde was called "Gu Su Zhi", etc., all of which are similar examples of ancient names as the title of zhishu.

"Zhenze Compilation" is actually a Taihu Chronicle, which should be said to be the earliest and most complete Taihu Chronicle in existence. The book consists of about 50,000 words, and its sub-volumes are as follows: volume 1 Five Lakes, Seventy-two Mountains, and Two Cave Gardens; Volume 2 Stones, Springs, and Monuments; Volume 3 Customs, Characters, Native Products, and Taxes; Volume 4 Water Conservancy, Official Offices, Temples and Temples, and Miscellaneous Records; Volume 5 to Volume 7 Poetry; Volume 8 Collections of Texts. Among them, the "Stone" and "Spring" records are particularly detailed. In addition to the Song Dynasty Zhumian mining taihu stone, the "Stone" also records the strange stones of each mountain, such as the chicken distance stone, the Shenzhen stone, the eagle head stone, the turtle stone, the agave stone, the immortal stone, the shrew shell stone, the crab shell stone, the stone wall, the dragon bed, the stone house, etc. The Fountain records 15 of them. The "Ancient Monuments" records the "Nine Realms of the Spirit Immortals", of which the sixth is the story of the mythical Liu Yi Biography; the Ruins of the Homeland and the Relics of the Sages record the relics of The Wu King and the Han and Jin Dynasties such as Luli, Qili, and GeHong in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Xianguifang recorded in his "First House" was built by Xu Jin in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi as a jinshi who was elected hanlin shujishi, and the buildings built by the people of the time were listed as monuments, which is rare in Fang Zhi. The "Customs" records that the people of Taihu Lake "take silkworm mulberry as their business", "make a living from merchants", "take boats as their art", "their soil is expensive", "their people are diligent", "their customs are thick", "their house characters are solid", "their crowns are simple", "their marriages and funerals are frugal and less literate", which is more in line with local characteristics. The Miscellaneous Records record the names of villages, ferries, bridges, bay ports, and Zhouji, which are also different from his zhi.

The Zhenze Compilation was processed by Wang Jun on the basis of Cai Sheng's "Taihu Zhi", so it was called "Cai ShengJi, Wang Junxiu". The scope of the record is mainly the two Dongting of Taihu Lake, that is, the two towns of Dongshan and Xishan (now Xishan Town renamed Jinting Town) in Wuzhong District, and the two authors happen to be Xidongting (Xishan) and Dongdongting (Dongshan) respectively. The zhishu also cites records in a variety of unseen books such as the Records of Dongting, the Records of Dongting, and the Records of Lou Di, which objectively enhance their historical value and data value.

In addition, there are several local documents related to Taihu Lake: Zhu You's "Record of Zhenze", Zheng Kun's "Record of Dongting", Pan Zhiheng's "Taihu Quanzhi", Weng Shu's "Chronicle of The District", Wang Weide's "Lin Wu Folk Style", Jin Youli's "Taihu Lake Preparation", Zheng Yanshao's "Taihu Lake Preparation Continuation", and Wang Jun's "Taihu Hall Chronicle". Zhu and Zheng Erji, only seen in the quotations of later books, have not seen the full picture of the book, and it is estimated that they have not been passed on. Pan Zhiheng's "Taihu Quanzhi" volume 1 is included in the "Continuation of the Sayings", the original text can be seen in the "Wu Xiaozhong Zhi Series". Wang Weide's "Lin Wu Folk Style" 12 volumes, included in the "Chinese Customs series" published by Guangling Book Society, suzhou Fangzhi Museum has a collection. Wang Jun's "Chronicle of the Taihu Lake Hall" only has examples and has not been written. The 16 volumes of Jin Youli's "Taihu Lake Preparation" and the 4 volumes of Zheng Yanshao's "Taihu Lake Preparation Continuation", together with the 1 volume of "Lake Cheng Jiluo" written by Jin Youli's teacher Wu Zeng, have been included in the "Jiangsu Local Literature Series" by Jiangsu Ancient Books Publishing House, and the school point book has been published. This book is large in length, widely quoted, well-styled, and detailed in analysis, and has systematic and detailed records of the historical evolution, physical geography, politics, military, economy and culture of Taihu Lake. The content of the record extends to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and a compilation is in hand, which provides a brief introduction for those of us who understand Taihu Lake and pay attention to Wuyue culture.

As for the new Taihu Lake Chronicle, due to the limitations of the administrative system, the surrounding cities of Suzhou, Wuxi and Huzhou are divided into two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there is no motion to start editing.

There are two kinds of new town chronicles about Dongshan in Suzhou: in August 1991, the Shanghai People's Publishing House published the "Dongting Dongshan Zhi", 32 open 530,000 words; in December 2002, the Southeast University Press published "Dongshan Town Chronicle", 16 open 1 million words. Xishan has published a town chronicle: in August 2001, the "Xishan Town Chronicle" published by Soochow University Press, with more than 540,000 words in 16. From these three township chronicles, we can understand the surrounding area of Taihu Lake in Suzhou, mainly the folk customs and folklore since liberation, as well as the basic context of economic and social development. The above three zhi are collected by Suzhou Fangzhi Museum.