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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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is wrong, equally by chance.”[28] In other words, he thinks that Cosmas remained still in dark about the boundary of China.
To judge this point of view, it is necessary to fix the position of “the country of clove”. In the above-mentioned passage concerning the island of Ceylon, Cosmas speaks of clove and other products of east provenance like this:
“From the remotest countries, I mean Tzinista and other trading places, it (Ceylon) received silk, aloes, cloves, sandalwood and other products, and these again are passed on to marts on this side.”[29]
Of the trading places where Ceylon received the eastern products from, the eastern coast of India is not so famous for cloves, whereas the eastern Indonesian islands has long been known for being indigenous of clove. H. Yule said that “Cosmas professes no knowledge of geographical details between Ceylon and China, but he is aware that the clove country lies between the two, which is in itself a considerable step in geography for the 6th century.”[30] Silk, aloes and sandalwood also serve us as hints to decide the position of& << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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