「詩窖子」王仁裕－－一個被忽略的歷史地理學家的旅行觀察

“Wang renyu”- The Travel Memoirs of a Forgotten Scholar

王仁裕為唐末五代時期重要的政治人物及作家，生平著作頗豐，但因為作品散佚，因此，到現代反而不受重視，無論在文學界或是史學界對王仁裕的研究都十分稀少，最近雖然已有人開始重視王仁裕的成就，而且王仁裕著作已有輯本刊行，但研究部分仍十分缺乏，本文擬從幾個方向說明王仁裕的著作及其貢獻幾個方向說明王仁裕的成就，一是簡述王仁裕的生平及著作，二是略述王仁裕的活動範圍及對歷史地理的觀察，三是敘述王仁裕對自然生態的觀察，最後則是結論。筆者以為，王仁裕的興趣廣泛，活動能力極強，而且觀察力也十分敏銳，再加上青年以後始發奮向學，因此，有很強的創作慾望，也留下了可觀的著作，他的著作關懷平民，紀錄鄉土對中古時期（MediaevalTimes）的地理環境、社會生活及自然生態都留下極為寶貴的資料，也是我們今日研究中國中古時期歷史地理及環境史的重要參考資料。

Wang renyu was an important political figure and writer around the end of the Tang Dynasty and beginning of the Five Dynasties (ca. 900 A.D.). He produced many scholarly works, but these have largely become forgotten. Although a compilation of his works has been published, and some have taken notice of his importance, very little research has been done on him in the fields of history and literature. This study describes Wang’s life and works, with particular emphasis on his writings on historical geography and his observations of the natural environment. Because of his diverse interests and sharp observations, which he begun in his youth, he left us with many significant works. These show an interest in ordinary people, and document the geography, social life, and natural environment of his time, making them an invaluable source of information for environmental historiography.