从《广志绎》看晚明地理学发展的新气象

View the new phenomenon of late Ming dynasty's geographic development from “Guang zhi Yi”

我国古代史学之繁荣可谓是溢彩流光、历劫不磨、久而弥新。而古地理学则暗淡无光,长期中作为历史学的附庸,模式上始终没有太大的更新,只是在旧有的框架下缓缓前行而默默无闻。伴随着明代中后期商品经济的繁荣、社会控制的减弱、人们思想观念的变革、西方地理大发现及新航路的开辟,传教士泛海东来,把西方先进的科学知识带到中国,才使晚明地理学的发展获得了一个短暂的春天。万历时王士性的《广志绎》,正是地理学发展新气象的代表之作。

Our ancient historiography is colorful, prosperous and prolound, While as an appendage of history for a long time, geography is dismal, l＇hepatterns ofgeography almost never update, Only slowly develop in old frame, and unknown to public. With the development of late Ming＇s Market economy and the decline of social control. People＇ s ideology changes greatly. With the great discoveries of western geography and the opening of the new sea-lanes, with coming of the foreign missionary. the advanced western scientific knowledge is taken in china. MI these factors promote the development of ancient geography, then the ancient obtain a short spring. Wang Shixing＇ s “Guang Zhi yi” that is the masterpiece of the geographic development in Wan Li times bring a new phenomenon geographic study.