宋代是中国古代地理学发展的兴盛时期,问世了一大批对后世产生重大影响的地理学著作,如北宋乐史《太平寰宇记》、王存等《元丰九域志》、欧阳忞《舆地广记》,南宋范子长《皇朝郡县志》、王象之《舆地纪胜》、祝穆《方舆胜览》、王希先《皇朝方域志》等,其中范子长《皇朝郡县志》、王希先《皇朝方域志》皆已失传。从南宋陈振孙《直齐书録解题》一书中得知,王希先《皇朝方域志》的编纂体例,“凡前代谓之谱,十六谱为八十卷; The Song Dynasty was the prosperous period of the development of ancient Chinese geography. A large number of geographies that had a significant impact on later generations were published. For example, the history of the Pacific Universe was recorded in Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Yuan et al. Wang Guangxian ”Wang Guangzhi“, I wish Mu ”Fangyu wins view“, Wang Xixian ”dynasty square domain logos“, where Fan Zichang ”dynasty county“, Wang Xixian ”dynasty Fang domain “are all lost. From the Southern Song Dynasty Chen Zhizun ”straight Qi answer book,“ a book that Wang Xi first ”domain dynasty Fang domain,“ the compilation, ”Where the previous generation of the spectrum, sixteen spectrum is eighty volumes;