魏源《海国图志》的编撰特点

Characteristic of Hai Guo Tu Zhi

魏源写作《海国图志》贯穿着鲜明的经世致用精神,故在编撰上具有与传统历史地理著作不同的特色。"以西洋人谭西洋"的史料方法,撰写世界历史地理著作的综合体例,以介绍西方科学技术知识为重点的丰富内容,使之成为中国近代最早、最有系统地研究世界各国历史、地理、文化的划时代著作。

Wei Yuan's Hai Guo Tu Zhi is a general introspection of the Opium War. This book aimed at looking for the way to deal with aggressor, so it brings forth new ideas in compilation such as the historical materials method of Westerner talking the Western world, the synthetically writing forms and the introducing of science and technology, which make it the first systematic work on history, geography and culture of the world.