Initiation Period (1914–1934): Geologists’ Artistic Accomplishment Reflected by Hand-Drawn Maps

In 1903, Zhou Shuren (pseudonym is Lu Xun) said in his Geological Theory of China: “Observe the national conditions is not a difficult task. There is no home-made precise geological map in its territory and its city of a non-civilized country.” In 1906, the Complete Map of China’s Mineral Resources compiled by Gu Lang and Zhou Shuren is the earliest geological map in China.