康熙台灣輿圖的地名起源

The Origin of the Place Names in the Kang-Hsi Taiwan Map

清康熙台灣輿圖地名的起源，經過逐一考察之後，本文有三項新發現：一、台南安平原住民西拉雅族的分支Tayouan部落群的名稱，可能就是今天台灣Taiwan一的起源，其他原住民部落的名稱也演化成今天重要的縣、市、鄉、鎮的名稱。二、此圖同時也記錄當年漢人主要的聚落區，明鄭時期的軍隊編制也發展為鄉鎮市區的名稱。三、原住民部落名稱的譯音漢字，大多依據福建省南方移民的閩南語譯音，而不是依據北京官話譯音。

After precise research of the origin of every place name in the Kang-Hsi Taiwan map, we have found three new points as follows: 1. There is possibility that the name of TAIWAN was developed from the aboriginal tribe named TAYOUAN who is the subgroup of Siraya and lived in the An-pin area of Tainan city. Also there are other aboriginal tribes' names developed into nowday names of counties, cities, towns and villages. 2. This map had recorded the main villages of Han people. Even the military organization names of Cheng Ch'eng-Kung also became the names of city town or village. 3. The early immigration of south Fun-Chien province used their dialect, not Pei-Ching dialect, to transliterate the aboriginal tribe's names.