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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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ted “quite to the north” and whence silk was transported to Bactria, could not but be located in northern China. It is obvious that the anonymous author in his case was, while noticing the route passing by the southwest of China (modern Yunnan province), aware of the very existence of the central silk route passing through the edges of the Tarim basin, in other word, the hinterland of China is implicated in his geographical idea of Thinae, although in a very dim way.
In the 2nd century, Ptolemy, availing of himself of the sources from his contemporary traders and travellers, provides news on the land of Thinae (Σίναι, in form of Sinae):
“They (the traders) also agree that the land of Seres with their metropolis lies to the north of the land of the Sinae, and that all that is further east than these is a Terra Incognita full of marshy lagoons in which great canes grow, and that so densely that people are able to cross the marshes by means of them. They tell also that there is not only a road from those countries to Bactria by the St << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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