英文摘要 |
A traditional Chinese map, documented as the work of Yu Yong-he (郁永河), was found in a nineteenth-century book. Such discovery brought up new issues concerning the authorship and content of the map. For example, is it really drawn by Yu Yong-he? Does it reveal the geographical concept of the early Qing Empire? Through examining different versions of Pi-hai Ji-you (《裨海紀遊》) and analyzing the text and narrative structure of the map, the author argues that the map reflects the Chinese perspective on the trade and geopolitical situation of East Asian Seas and offers insight into the marine geography in the beginning of the eighteenth century. Moreover, the map contains both old and new geographical knowledge. Its spatial configuration had its basis on the so-called 'eastern-western ocean (東、西洋)' knowledge framework, which originated from the Ming Dynasty; and its text was a symbolic representation of a new Minnan (閩南) maritime commercial network after the opening of maritime trade by the Qing Dynasty in 1684. |