Haiguo Tuzhi （Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms） is one of the earliest gazetteers in early modern China. In order to change the Chinese view of the outside world, scholax-official Wei Yuma （1794-1857）...Haiguo Tuzhi （Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms） is one of the earliest gazetteers in early modern China. In order to change the Chinese view of the outside world, scholax-official Wei Yuma （1794-1857） mad his contemporaries compiled this gazetteer in the middle of the 19th century. Haiguo Tuzhi contains numerous geographical, historical, mad political details covering both the western and eastern hemispheres, which derived from the known information on Western researches and Chinese macient texts from the Tang Dynasty （618-907） to Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）. Haiguo Tuzhi is a significmat work in China, which affected the modernization movement around East Asia, such as Meiji Restoration in Japma. There axe two juan, or scrolls concerning Turkey （the Ottoman Empire）, called southern Duluji （Turkey） mad northern Tuluji （Turkey）, in Haiguo Tuzhi＇s ＂Southwest Ocean＂ part and ＂Great West Ocema＂ part covering the origin of Turkish state, the geographical location and circumstance of Turkey, the distribution of ethnic groups throughout this country, the relationship between Turkey and European countries, the religious situation, mad the policies carried out by Turkish monarchs. Although Haguo Tuzhi is a pmaoramic opus which focuses on the whole outline of countries, it also documents plenty details about Turkish clothing, dietary habits, and characters of people. Haguo Tuzhi provides a chmace to learn the Chinese impressions on Turkish state and people in 19th century展开更多
文摘Haiguo Tuzhi （Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms） is one of the earliest gazetteers in early modern China. In order to change the Chinese view of the outside world, scholax-official Wei Yuma （1794-1857） mad his contemporaries compiled this gazetteer in the middle of the 19th century. Haiguo Tuzhi contains numerous geographical, historical, mad political details covering both the western and eastern hemispheres, which derived from the known information on Western researches and Chinese macient texts from the Tang Dynasty （618-907） to Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）. Haiguo Tuzhi is a significmat work in China, which affected the modernization movement around East Asia, such as Meiji Restoration in Japma. There axe two juan, or scrolls concerning Turkey （the Ottoman Empire）, called southern Duluji （Turkey） mad northern Tuluji （Turkey）, in Haiguo Tuzhi＇s ＂Southwest Ocean＂ part and ＂Great West Ocema＂ part covering the origin of Turkish state, the geographical location and circumstance of Turkey, the distribution of ethnic groups throughout this country, the relationship between Turkey and European countries, the religious situation, mad the policies carried out by Turkish monarchs. Although Haguo Tuzhi is a pmaoramic opus which focuses on the whole outline of countries, it also documents plenty details about Turkish clothing, dietary habits, and characters of people. Haguo Tuzhi provides a chmace to learn the Chinese impressions on Turkish state and people in 19th century
