Research methods : This paper applies methods of document analyses, investigation, historical research, and induction. 研究方法:本文采用了文献分析法、调查法、历史研究法和经验总结法等研究方法。
As a comprehensive expression of the research about Administrative Divisions geography, for the complex change of historical geography and Administrative Divisions and omissions and divergence of document records, there are some careless mistakes in the Historical Atlas of China. 《中国历史地图集》作为政区地理研究的集大成者,由于历代地理与政区的变化复杂、文献记载的缺漏与歧异等原因而使该书存在着一定的疏误。