从自然地理学辨《山海经》的地域范围

TO DISCERN THE SCOPE OF RECORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS IN TERMS OF NATURAL GEOGRAPHY

本文针对把《山海经》说成是世界地理书的一篇代表作，剖析了它在自然地理学方面的错误，批驳了这种观点。此观点错误在于：（１）方位上南辕北辙，乾坤颠倒。（２）时间上做时光倒流、时空隧道之类的科学幻想。（３）把传说中的大西洲、太平洲当作真实。（４）随意篡改各地区、各时代的气候冷暖。（５）无限拔高中国古代的地理学成就。本文认为，《山海经》的地理范围基本上在中国。

This paper analyses the natural geographical mistakes of a representative work which explains Records of Mountains and Rivers as a geographical book about the world and criticises its viewpoint.It's errors lies in:1.It reverses the directions and confuses the orientations.2.It makes the scientific fancy such as back elapse of time and tunnel of time and space .3.It takes the legendary Atlantis and Pacific continent as true.4.It distorts the climate of the earth in the past era.5.It boundlessly raises the geographical achievements of the ancient China.This thesis think that the geographical range of Records of the Mountains and Rivers is confined to China basically,including a few neighbouring countries and regions .