《中国印度见闻录》考释

Textual Research and Explanation on <Akhbār al-Sīn wa’l-Hind>

《中国印度见闻录》根据曾旅居中国的阿拉伯商人的亲身见闻而写于9世纪中叶到10世纪初,是现存阿拉伯文库藏中最古老的中国游记,也是古代交通史上一部重要文献。但因成书年代较早,此书在为后人留下许多颇具价值的自然与人文地理资料的同时,也将许多极具争议的问题摆在了人们面前。本文在前人研究成果的基础上,对此书重新进行多视角的考证,分析其创作背景与特点,研究其历史意义与地位。

The book of ＂Akhbaer al-Sin wa＇l-Hind＂ was written by the Arabic merchants who lived in China then according to their own experiences in the middle of 9th century and the beginning of 10th century. It is considered one of the oldest travel notes of China and also a remarkable document throughout the ancient transportation history. It records countless valuable natural and humanistic geographic informations, and meanwhile leaves many disputable problems for later generations due to its early-accomplishment. This paper is a conclusion of a further textural research of the book on its background of that time and its own features as well as historical significance by various angles on the basis of other fruit of their research.