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The author of this important work on the history and geography of the Ming dynasty, Wei Huan, received his jin shi degree in 1529, and took up a number of posts. He wrote the work during the time when he was a secretary of the Bureau of Military Organization of the Regions. During the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty (1522‒66), there was military tension between China and the Mongols. A number of officials began to write about the northern frontiers, based on important records, archives, and intelligence reports ...