Abstract: For five centuries, The History of the Kingdom of China has traditionally had a significant influence on the international academic community. The book shaped the first time a complete image of China for the Spanish Royal Family and the entire European society. The paper reviewed the investigation works specialized in this topic published in the Chinese context over 23 years from 1998 to 2020 and found that one of the principal problems was lack of justifications for the use of editions. In view of this, the paper examined the master copies of the English, Chinese and Spanish editions of the book of Mendoza, investigated their relations with the final revised Spanish edition promised by Mendoza, and pointed out the mistakes of Chinese scholars on their use of editions. The paper aims to provide Chinese scholars with detailed edition information about The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China.