“徐兢航路”明州段试考

Textual Research into Mingzhou “Xujing Sea Route”

北宋宣和五年,宋徽宗遣使从明州出使高丽,随从书记官徐兢整理完成《宣和奉使高丽图经》40卷上呈,此书是我国最早一部描述航海经历的官方文献。史学界一般将《高丽图经》所述航线称为"徐兢航路",且研究较为深入,但对现宁波—舟山港范围的"明州"航段尚无人深入考证。本文借助相关文献,结合历史地图与地名留存,对其中明州段40余个地表标志作一粗浅的考释,以为更进一步的古代东北亚交流史、海上丝绸之路等方面的研究提供依据和参考。

In the fifth year of Xuan He in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Huizong sent his special envoys from Mingzhou to Korea. Later the retinue Secretary Xu Jing completed the compilation of The Route Map of Xuan He Sending His Special Envoys to Korea in 40 volumes and presented it to the emperor. This book is the earliest official document describing maritime experience in China. Historians generally name the sea route in The Route Map to Korea as “Xu Jing Sea Route”, of which scholars have made a profound study. But until now no one has made a textual research into the “Mingzhou Shipping Route” of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port area. This paper, with the aid of relevant literature, combined with historical maps and place names remained, makes a textual criticisms and explanations to the over 40 landmarks of “Mingzhou” Sea Route so as to provide the basis and reference for the further study of the history of Northeast Asian exchanges and the Maritime Silk Road.