论明代对贵州喀斯特地貌的地理探索与认识

Geographical Investigation and Understanding of the Guizhou Karst Landform in Ming Dynasty

明代设贵州省后,为加强管理,派遣军队及其家眷驻扎定居,促进了贵州经济开发与社会变迁,为明代官宦、士人的游历奠定了基础。他们游历贵州多以诗歌、游记等记载其所见所闻,反映了明代士人对贵州岩溶地貌的全面考察、详细记载、系统分类,在中国地理学史发展进程中具有重要的地位。

After the establishment of Guizhou as a province, the central government of Ming Dynasty, in order to reinforce its administration, dispatched army men and their family to settle there, which promoted the economic development and social transformation and laid foundation for the touring of officials and scholars.Their tours were mainly recorded in the form of poems and travel notes, reflecting people's full investigation,detailed record and systematic classification of karst landform in Guizhou province. These poems and travel notes are of great significance to the history of Chinese geography.