自秦至元中国地图测绘的辉煌及其遗憾

The Brilliance and Regret of Chinese Surveying and Mapping from Qin Dynasty to Yuan Dynasty

此文是作者继前几年发表《清代测绘科技的辉煌及其历史遗憾》一文的续文。此文回顾了自秦代至元代我国地图测绘的主要成就,特别是我国领先于世界的地图成果,这包括秦代大型地形模型图,东晋裴秀的"制图六体",宋代的石刻《禹迹图》和地形模型图,元代朱思本的画方地图《舆地图》和札马鲁丁的世界第一个地球仪等。可以说自秦至元我国的地图测绘技术始终处于世界前列。

The main achievements of Chinese surveying and mapping from Qin dynasty to Yuan dynasty,especially Chinese mapping achievements leading the world,are introduced briefly.Such as,big cartographic model in Qin dynasty,the 'Six Principles of Surveying and Mapping' by Peixiu in Dongjin dynasty,the stone inscription of 'Picture of Traces of Emperor Yu' and terrain model map in Song dynasty,the grid mapping 'map of China' by Zhu Si-ben in Yuan dynasty as well as the first terrestrial globe in the world by Zha Ma Lu Ding.It concludes that China was always leading the world in surveying and mapping technology from Qin to Yuan dynasty.