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The Name of China and its Geography in Cosmas Indicopleustes |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:43 来源：不详
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nbsp;roughly correct idea of all these nations and regions in their geographical positions indicates that the central silk road is not overlooked in his description. This fact help us to make further inference that China proper was not out of his horizon of Cosmas, for no other land but China could be lined up together in a straight cord line with Unnia, (north) India, Bactria, Nisibis, Seleucia etc. Cosmas’ belief that the world is rectangular plane with about 400 stages in the length and 200 stages in the breadth shows that Tzinitza is the most east land, which is also proven by Cosmas’ words that “beyond Tzinitza there is neither navigation nor any land to inhabit”. As to the absence in Cosmas’ description of the name of Seres, the Greek-Roman traditional appellation for north China when they approached it from the land road, it could be easily understood with the fact that the name had almost disappeared in that time in all Byzantine authors.[22]
Our point of view will be corroborated by other sources. As we have said, Cosmas’ Tzinitza intends for the Thinae (o << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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