略论地名、地图、地理产生的渊源关系

DISSCUSSION OF THE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP ON THE TOPONOMY, MAPS AND GEOGRAPHY

认为地名、地图、地理在古代都是揭示地理实体的学问．根据古今文献记载的分析，人类认识地理实体的过程是由个体开始，继而研究各别个体的空间关系，进而揭示实体的构成、联系和性质，这一认识过程正好是由地名到地图再到地理；由其产生的渊源关系也揭示出三者皆是共同研究人类赖以生存的地理环境的科学。

In ancient time, toponomy ,maps and geography are all the learning of disclosing the geographic entities.According to the analysis of the documents of both the ancient time and nowadays,the course which mankind recognises geographic entity starts with individuality and studies on each individuality's spatial relationship,and then discloses the entity's forms, connections and properties. The course of cognition develops just from toponomy to maps, till geography. The original relationships disclosed these three sides are all the science of studying on the survival geographic environment for human beings, so they are all important components of geographic science.