论唐宋西南史志及其西部地理认识价值

The Tocal Records About Southwest Region China in Tang and Song Dynasty and Its Geography Cognition Value

唐代以前,内地对广袤的西南地区地理了解甚少,且在地域观念上充满陌生、神秘甚至恐怖感。唐宋时期,随着中央王朝对西南地区经略的加强与西部地理之学的兴盛,文人学者对西南地理风物的考察记述明显增多,出现了《蛮书》、《桂海虞衡志》、《岭外代答》、《入蜀记》,《吴船录》、《成都志》、《益部方物略记》等一大批地志名著。这批地志文献不仅在唐宋地理学史上有重要价值,更重要的是多角度对西南地区的物候生态、奇木珍果,金属矿藏、温泉盐井、奇禽异兽、瘿病瘴疫及其农田水利、民族风情等记载,为后世丰富对西南地区地情特色认识,了解与开发西南自然资源与人文地理资源提供了珍贵的历史文献。唐宋西南地志之学的兴盛,不仅标示着唐宋时期西南地区方志学进入了一个新的发展阶段,更重要的是表明内地对西部地区自然地理的认知较之前代有了长足的发展。

Before Tang dynasty, the hinterland understands to the southwest region geography knowledge very few, and full to mystery even terrible feel to this region . Tang and Song periods, along with central government towards rule to the southwest region and with prosperous of western region geography, the scholar investigates to record to say to increase obviously to the southwest geography, a large of local cecords work had been written. These geography works have very important academic value to knowing nature geography in Southwest China.