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Book/Printed Material Zhi fang wai ji : liu juan, juan shou yi juan 職方外紀 : 六卷, 卷首一卷 /

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Title

  • Zhi fang wai ji : liu juan, juan shou yi juan

Other Title

  • 職方外紀 : 六卷, 卷首一卷 /

Summary

  • This version differs from the one in the collection 'Si ku quan shu'; the summary states that it was written by Western scholar Giulio Aleni in the year 1623; the preface states that it was a supplement based on 'Wan guo tu zhi' written by Matteo Ricci; the book records many foreign customs and geographic features for the first time in China.

Names

  • Aleni, Giulio, 1582-1649, zeng yi.
  • Yang, Tingyun, 1562-1627, hui ji.
  • Li, Zhicao, xu.
  • Ye, Xianggao, 1559-1627, xu.
  • Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610.
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress).

Created / Published

  • Min [i.e. Fujian Sheng : publisher not identified], Ming Tianqi 3 nian [1623]

Notes

  • -  In case.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  明閩刻本 左右雙欄 白口 單魚尾 版匡高20.5寬13.8公分.
  • -  明閩刻本. Ming Dynasty woodblock print from Fujian Province.
  • -  九行十九字. Nine lines, with nineteen characters per line.
  • -  原題:「西海艾儒略增譯,東海楊廷筠彙記。」卷內有:「雲輪閣」,「荃孫」,「江陰??荃孫藏書印」等印記,即藝風堂藏書記卷內三所著錄。此閩中增補翻刻本,荃孫以為天啟三年原刻本,誤也;原本僅五卷。李之藻(序)天啟三年(1623),楊廷筠(序),葉向高(序),自序, 天啟三年(1623).
  • -  補:《四庫全書》收錄兩江總督採進五卷本,與此本分卷稍異。《提要》云:"明西洋人艾儒略撰,其書成於天啟癸亥(3年,1623)。 自序謂利氏齎進萬國圖志。龐氏奉命翻譯。儒略更增補以成之。蓋因利瑪竇、龐我迪舊本潤色之,不蓋儒略自作也。所紀皆絶域風土,為自古輿圖所不載,故曰職方外紀。其說分天下為五大州:一曰亞細亞州,其地西起那多理亞,離福島六十二度;東至亞尼俺峽,離福島一百八十度;南起爪哇,在赤道南十二度;北至冰海,在赤道北七十二度。二曰歐邏巴州,其地南起地中海,北極出地三十五度;北至冰海,北極出地八十餘度,徑一萬一千二百五十里;西起西海福島初度;東至阿比河,距福島九十二度,徑二萬三千里。三曰利未亞州,西南皆至利未亞海;東至西紅海;北至地中海。極南南極出地三十五度。極北北極出地三十五度。東西廣七十八度。四曰亞墨利嘉,地分南北,中通一峽。峽南之地,南起墨瓦蠟泥海峽,南極出地五十二度;北至加納達,北極出地十度半;西起福島二百八十六度;東至三百五十五度。峽北之地,南起加納達,南極出地十度半;北至冰海。其北極出地度數,則未之測量。西起福島一百八十度,東盡三百六十度。五曰墨瓦蠟尼加,則彼國與之初通,疆域道里,尚莫得詳焉。前冠以《萬國全圖》,後附以《四海總說》."

Medium

  • 2 volumes : maps

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402472

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Aleni, Giulio, Zeng Yi, Tingyun Yang, Zhicao LI, Xianggao Ye, Matteo Ricci, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Zhi Fang Wai Ji: Liu Juan, Juan Shou Yi Juan. [Min i.e. Fujian Sheng: publisher not identified, Ming Tianqi 3 nian, 1623] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402472/.

APA citation style:

Aleni, G., Yang, T., LI, Z., Ye, X., Ricci, M. & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1623) Zhi Fang Wai Ji: Liu Juan, Juan Shou Yi Juan. [Min i.e. Fujian Sheng: publisher not identified, Ming Tianqi 3 nian] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402472/.

MLA citation style:

Aleni, Giulio, Zeng Yi, et al. Zhi Fang Wai Ji: Liu Juan, Juan Shou Yi Juan. [Min i.e. Fujian Sheng: publisher not identified, Ming Tianqi 3 nian, 1623] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012402472/>.