刘南威教授对南海诸岛地名研究的重要贡献

Professor Liu Nanwei's Important Contributions to the Research on the Place Names of the South China Sea Islands

刘南威教授长期关注《更路簿》和南海诸岛地名研究,为中国《更路簿》和南海诸岛地名的发掘、考证与文化传承等作出了重要贡献。文章简要地回顾了刘南威教授近50年来对南海诸岛地名研究的主要经历,认为他对南海诸岛地名研究的重要贡献包括:1)发掘10个版本的《更路簿》手抄本;2)最早公开并研究《西、南、中沙群岛渔业生产与水产资源调查报告》;3)考证南海诸岛土地名来源、数量及命名规律。

Professor Liu Nanwei pays much attention to the study of Genglubu and the place names of the South China Sea Islands. He has made important contributions to the excavation, textual research and cultural inheritance of the Genglubu and the place names of the South China Sea Islands. This paper briefly reviews the main experiences of Professor Liu Nanwei＇s research on the South China Sea Islands in the past 50 years. Professor Liu Nanwei＇s important contributions to the study on the place names of the South China Sea Islands include： 1） digging out the hand written copies of 10 editions of Genglubu; 2） introducing at the earliest and studying the Survey Report of Fishery and Aquatic resources in Adjacent Waters of the Xisha, NanshaZhongsha Islands; 3） making textual research on the origin, quantity and nomenclature of the folk place names of the South China Sea Islands.