略谈王树枬编纂的《新疆图志·国界志》——《新疆图志·国界志》点校前言

On the Guo Jie Zhi in Xinjiang Tu Zhi(《新疆图志·国界志》) edited By Wang Shunan(王树枬)

王树枬,清末民初关心时政、有图强爱国思想及作为的学者和地方高级官员,曾任新疆布政使,为《清史稿》四总纂之一。他作为《新疆图志》总纂,亲撰其中的《国界志》,堪称论述我国近代西北边界变迁第一书,对激励国人图强雪耻曾起重要积极作用。

Wang Shunan was a patriotic scholar and high official lived in the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China,who cared about the politics,and had been in the office of Xinjiang Bu Zheng Shi (布政使). Wang was one of the four general editors of Qing Shi Gao (《清史稿》) and the general editor of Xinjiang Tu Zhi,and written the Guo Jie Zhi of the later book,which was the first work about China's northwestern border changes in modern history and had a positive influence on patriotism of Chinese people.