南怀仁《坤舆全图》的文献价值

The Document Value of Nan Huairen’s Kun yu quan tu

南怀仁《坤舆全图》于康熙甲寅年(1674)木板印制。全图布局合理,恢宏大气,图文并茂,制作精致,设色鲜明。南怀仁巧妙地运用“动静之义”,论证舆图的“地圆说”。用经纬理法的科学制图方法,标识出五大洲的南北东西迄点。对世界各地的风土、人情、物产等做了全面的记述,又对全球著名的山岳高度、河流长度等做了大量的数据统计。第一次提出小西洋的概念,即印度洋水系。南怀仁《坤舆全图》,是中国古代中文版世界地图的集大成者,具有里程碑的意义。

Nan Huairen＇s Kun yu quan tu was wooden engraved in the year of Jiayin（1674） Kangxi Dynasty. The whole composition of the map is reasonable, magnanimous, bright color, excellent in both picture and language, delicate manufacture. Nan Huairen utilized ＂dong jing doctrine＂ ingeniously, argumented the map＇s ＂Diyuan shuo＂. He used the scientific cartography method longitude and latitude principles, charactered the beginning and the end of the five continents. He gave an accout of the world various places＇ local conditions and customs, products wholly, and did amounts of data statistics on the world＇s famous mountains＇ heights, rivers＇ lengrhs and so on. He first put forward the conception of the small Atlantic Ocean, namely the Indian Ocean. Nan Huairen＇s Kun yu quan tu is the comprehensive expression of Chinese version of the world map in ancient China, and has the milestone significance.