试论《中华帝国全志》在传播中国地理方面的意义

On the Significance of Description de la Chine in the Perspective of Spreading Chinese Geography

法国耶稣会士杜赫德编辑的《中华帝国全志》1735年首刊于巴黎。作为17、18世纪西方人看中国的阶段性集大成之作,《中华帝国全志》在传播中国地理方面,在继承前辈传教士汉学成就的基础上取得了较大进步。这些进步既源自传统领域(地图、诸省)新素材的积累、新研究的深入,也源自新领域(周边民族)的拓展,书中的不少内容正昭示着西方早期汉学发展的某些趋向。

Description de la Chine edited by the Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde was published in Paris in 1735.As a periodically representative work of the occidental sinology in the 17 th and 18 th centuries,Description de la Chine has made important progresses on the base of the achievements of pioneer missionaries,originating not only from new accumulation of materials and new depth of researches in the traditional domains（maps,provinces）,but also from exploration of new domains（surrounding minorities） in the territory of Chinese geography.A lot of contents in this opus are indicating some tendencies of Western early sinology.