火器论著《兵录》的西方知识来源初探

A Primary Study on the Source of Western Knowledge in Bing Lu(Records of Military Art)

何汝宾所著<兵录>成书于1606年,其中卷11～卷13记述了火器知识,尤其卷13记述了'西洋火攻神器说'等关于西方火器的技术.通过比较西班牙炮学家柯拉多于1586年著成的<实用炮学手册>一书的3个版本中的炮图与弹道数据及其他文献,结合目前对17世纪中西方炮图和弹道数据的研究,认为<兵录>记载的欧洲火器技术知识应该出自<实用炮学手册>.

Written by Hu Rubin,Bing Lu(Records of Military Art)was printed in 1606,Vols.11~13 of which record the knowledge of firearm,especially Vol.13,which deals with the technology about Western firearms including'A Treatise on the Wonderful Gunnery of the West'.The Spanish artillery expert Luys Collado completed his Practica Manuale dell'Arteglieria in 1586.Through comparing the illustrations and data for ballistic trajectory in Bing Lu and in the three editions of the work of Luys Collado & other European documents and in the light of current researches on artillery illustrations and ballistic trajectory of 17th century China and West,this paper deems that the knowledge of technology about Western firearm recorded in Bing Lu should come from such works as Practica Manuale dell'Arteglieria.