Zhou Zhenhe (Chinese:周振鹤; born 1941) is a Chinesehistorical geographer and a distinguished senior professor at the Institute of Historical Geography ofFudan University in Shanghai. His main research interests are cultural and administrative geography and history of Sino-foreign cultural relations. He is the chief editor of the 13-volumeGeneral History of Chinese Administrative Divisions, published between 2007 and 2016.

Zhou was born inXiamen,Fujian Province. From 1958 to 1963 he studied at the Department of Mining and Metallurgy ofXiamen University and thenFuzhou University. After graduation he worked for many years as an engineer at a coal mine inHunan Province.^[1][2]

When theNational Higher Education Entrance Examination was restored after the end of theCultural Revolution, Zhou took and excelled in the graduate examination and was admitted to the graduate school ofFudan University to study historical geography under the famous scholar, academicianTan Qixiang.^[1] In 1983, Zhou and his classmateGe Jianxiong became the first two recipients of the doctoral degree in humanities (文科博士) in the People's Republic of China.^[1][2] His Ph.D. dissertation wasAdministrative Geography during the Western Han Dynasty.^[3]

Zhou has been a faculty member of the Institute of Historical Geography of Fudan University since 1983, and became a Distinguished Senior Professor in 2008. His main research interests are cultural and administrative geography and history of Sino-foreign cultural relations.^[2] He has also taught as a visiting professor at many universities, including theUniversity of Göttingen (1998 and 2000),Waseda University (1999),City University of Hong Kong (2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011),Erlangen University (2002), andKansai University (2008).^[2]

Zhou Zhenhe is the chief editor ofGeneral History of Chinese Administrative Divisions, a 13-volume series covering the history of Chinese administrative divisions from the earliest dynasties (Shang andZhou) to theRepublic of China (1912–1949). It was published by Fudan University Press between 2007 and 2016. It is China's first comprehensive academic history of the country's administrative divisions and was one of the national key publishing projects supported by theGeneral Administration of Press and Publication.^[4]

His other books include:^[3]

• withYou Rujie,Chinese Dialects and Culture 方言与中国文化, Shanghai 1986, 2005. English translation (ISBN 978-1631818844) 2017.
• Administrative Geography during the Western Han Dynasty 西汉政区地理, Beijing 1987.
• The Way of Administrative Divisions 体国经野之道, Hong Kong 1990.
• Studies On Historical Cultural Divisions in China 中国历史文化区域研究 (chief editor), Shanghai 1997.
• Essays on the Relationship between Language and Culture 逸言殊语, Hangzhou 1998; Shanghai 2008.
• History on Local Administrative System in China 中国地方行政制度, Shanghai 1998, 2005.
• Historical Atlas of Shanghai 上海历史地图集 (chief editor), Shanghai 1999.
• Selected Works of Zhou Zhenhe 周振鹤自选集, Guilin 1999.
• Profession Diverted for Nineteen Years 学腊一十九, Jinan 2000.
• The Sacred Edict and Amplified: Collections of Explaining and Research 圣谕广训—集解与研究, Shanghai 2004.
• Collections of Business Booklist in Late Qing Times 晚清营业书目, Shanghai 2005.
• Changshui Shengwen (anthology) 长水声闻, Shanghai 2010.

In addition, he has published more than 100 academic papers.^[2]

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