This book provides a "synopsis" introduction to more than 100 important texts on southwest China from the mid-Qing Dynasty to 1949, from the compilers and their academic life profiles, the basic content and structure of important classics, the circulation of editions, and the academic value (especially the value of historical materials). This book has certain reference value for the research of modern and modern Chinese history, regional history, ethnic social history, historical philology and other fields, and is also suitable for general readers.