唐宋地理学视域中的巴蜀井盐与火井

Well Salt and Gas Well of Bashu Region in the Horizon of Geography of Tang and Song Dynasties

唐宋时期地理学的记载重心从"禹域"转向西部,反映到地理学文献上的一大特点就是对巴蜀地区自然地理及其地矿资源考察增多,出现了大量对巴蜀地区盐矿、火井分布和开采利用的记载和描述,为国家、地方政府与民间对井盐与天然气资源的勘探和开采提供了文献与理论依据支持,有力地促进了对四川地区矿藏资源的开发,其意义不容忽视。但这一时期对巴蜀地区井盐等地矿资源的记录主旨在于向中原传播巴蜀地理风物知识,其对井盐等地矿资源的记载有其时代局限性,但仍具有重要的科学史意义。

The focus of the geographical records in the Tang and Song Dynasties shifted from the central area to the western part,which is reflected as the increased records of the natural geography of Bashu region and its geology and mineral resources——a large number of records of the distribution and exploit of salt mines and gas wells.However,such records mainly aimed to transmit to the central area the geographical characteristics of Bashu region and those of geology and mineral resources such as well salt are limited by the times.Nonetheless,they are of much significance in science history.