Chinese name: records of the origins of various rivers: from the west of Jiayuguan to the east of Balkhash Lake. Author: Brief introduction of Vae, contents, academic value, various editions, influence and evaluation. Vae, a great scholar in Qing Dynasty, wrote "Waterway Records of Western Regions" (two kinds outside), which is a masterpiece about the history and geography of the western regions. Two Kinds of Exotics is a supplementary annotation to The Biography of the Western Regions of Han Dynasty and Xinjiang Fu. The three works are different in genre, the same in object and organically related in content. Since its publication, it has been widely circulated under the names of Three Kinds of Xu Family in Daxing, Three Kinds of Western Regions and Three Books Written by Mr. Xu Xingbo. Table of Contents Volume I Robnaoer Water System Volume II Robnaoer Water System Clear Vae Western Waterway Map Volume III Haruonaoer Water System Balkulunnor Water System Ebinger Sonol Water System Carratala Xikennor Water System Volume IV Balekashi Noor Water System Volume V Selamur Tunor Water System Alaktu Gulenor Water System Garza Basri Noor Water System Zaisangnaoer Water System Academically, its academic value has three remarkable characteristics: 1 Paying attention to field investigation and reconnaissance. The author traveled all over the north and south of Tianshan Mountain, and made detailed investigations, records and maps wherever he went. Each water system in the book has a detailed square map. According to the law that inland rivers belong to lakes, the waterways in the western region are creatively divided into 1 1 water system. 3. Fully absorbed the geographical latitude and longitude of the western regions obtained by the advanced projection mapping technology in the West. In addition, as an academic work with great practical value, Waterway to the Western Regions is concise, and many chapters and paragraphs can even be read as travel notes. At the same time, Vae wrote a supplementary note to The Biography of the Western Regions of Han Dynasty, and made textual research on the evolution of ancient place names in order to make the past serve the present. They pay attention to the division of labor between contemporary geography and the western waterway, and the two works are often marked with the words "meet each other" under the relevant content, which shows the author's ingenuity. "Xinjiang Fu" is a literary creation that recounts the achievements of pacifying the western regions and expanding the territory since Qianlong, and it is also a sketch description of the geography of mountains and rivers in Xinjiang's North and South Second Road. The Records of Western Regions Waterway (two foreign language versions) is collated by the final version and revised version of Xu Songshou, and Vae's signature, revision and revision are integrated according to the style. Readers can get a glimpse of the complete form of Xu's masterpiece from a book in their hands, and they can also get a glimpse of his research methods and process from the traces of Xu's revision. The library of Waseda University has collected various versions of Vae's manuscripts. The National Library of China has collected four volumes. The national library of China collects the series of zhijinzhai in Guangxu of Qing dynasty. The series "Xuan Tong Morning Wind Pavilion in Qing Dynasty" was collected in Qing Dynasty. Geographical Compilation of Collected Works of Qing Dynasty. After the completion of the book, Deng Tingzhen, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, prefaced the book Waterways in the Western Regions, praising the book for its five advantages, such as filling gaps, being practical, being multilingual and distinguishing things. He published the book in Guangdong and gave it great praise. Xinjiang local chronicles praised the book "the separation and integration of various water sources, textual research and evaluation, saying that it is rare and incomparable in modern western regions." Vae returned to Beijing in the 25th year of Jiaqing (A.D. 1820). After nearly 30 years, he became a master of the academic circle of leaders, with him as the center, a group of northwest geography and Mongolian and Yuan history research appeared, * * * completed the transformation of Gan family's academic direction to practical use, and the study of northwest frontier history and geography finally became a generation of outstanding scholars.