{"id":19420,"date":"2020-02-09T21:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T21:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/atlas-and-description-of-the-countries-beyond-the-seas-hai-guo-tu-zhi-2\/"},"modified":"2020-02-09T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T21:27:03","slug":"atlas-and-description-of-the-countries-beyond-the-seas-hai-guo-tu-zhi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/atlas-and-description-of-the-countries-beyond-the-seas-hai-guo-tu-zhi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas and Description of the Countries beyond the Seas\u6d77\u56fd\u56fe\u5fd7"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe Haiguo tuzhi \u6d77\u56fd\u56fe\u5fd7 &quot;Atlas and description of the countries beyond the seas&quot; is a world geography written by the late Qing period \u6e05 (1644-1911) historian and philosopher Wei Yuan \u9b4f\u6e90. Under the impression of China&#39;s defeat during the First Opium War Wei Yuan compiled a military history of the Qing dynasty, the Shengwuji \u5723\u6b66\u8bb0, and the 100 juan&quot;scrolls&quot; long Haiguo tuzhi. The compilation of a world geography was suggested to him by governor Lin Zexu \u6797\u5219\u5f90 who had translated Hugh Murray&#39;s (1779-1846) Encyclopaedia of Geography, Comprising a Complete Description of the Earth under the title of Sizhouzhi \u56db\u6d32\u5fd7 &quot;The Four Continents&quot;. The need to deal with a new danger of &quot;barbarians&quot; attacking China necessitated a deeper knowledge of their states, their customs and habits and their history. China was to learn from the advanced technology of the barbarians in order to check them. Foreign naval, military and industrial technology was to be adopted by China. China&#39;s armies had furthermore to be modernized, with a clear cut in quantity in favour to a better training and professionalization.<\/p>\n<p>  \tThe Haiguo tuzhi was first printed in 1842 with a length of 50 juan. In 1847 a second, enlarged version was published with a length of 60 juan. The final, 100 juan long version, was published in 1852.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>  \t\t\t\tContents of the&nbsp;<em>Sizhouzhi<\/em>&nbsp;\u56db\u6d32\u5fd7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>  \t\t\t\t1. \u5b89\u5357\u570b Annam (Vietnam)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t2. \u66b9\u7f85\u570b The land of the Lolo (Thailand)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t3. \u7dec\u7538\u570b Miandian (Myanmar)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t4. \u5370\u5ea6\u570b Yindu (India)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t5. \u5df4\u793e\u570b Bashe (Persia)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t6. \u963f\u4e39\u570b Adan (Adan, Yemen)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t7. \u90fd\u9b6f\u6a5f\u570b Duluji (Turkey)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t8. \u4f9d\u6350\u570b Yijuan (Egypt)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t9. \u963f\u9081\u65af\u5c3c\u570b Amaisini (Ethiopia, Sudan)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t10. \u6771\u963f\u592b\u5229\u52a0\u6d32 Dong Afulijia zhou (East Africa)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t11. \u963f\u592b\u5229\u52a0\u6d32\u4e4b\u5317\u56db\u570b Afulijia zhou zhi bei si guo (four countries in North Africa)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t12. \u5357\u963f\u592b\u5229\u52a0\u6d32 Nan Afulijia zhou (Southern Africa)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t13. \u897f\u963f\u592b\u5229\u52a0\u6d32 Xi Afulijia zhou (West Africa)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t14. \u4e2d\u963f\u592b\u5229\u52a0\u5dde Zhong Afulijia zhou (Central Africa)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t15. \u5e03\u8def\u4e9e\u570b Buluya (Portugal)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t16. \u5927\u5442\u5b8b\u570b Da L&uuml;song &quot;Great Luzon&quot; (Spain)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t17. \u8377\u862d\u53ca\u5f4c\u723e\u5c3c\u58ec\u570b Helan ji Mirniren (Holland and Belgium)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t18. \u4f5b\u862d\u897f\u570b Folanxi (France)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t19. \u610f\u5927\u91cc\u4e9e\u570b Yidaliya (Italy)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t20. \u8036\u99ac\u5c3c\u570b Yemani (Germany)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t21. \u6b50\u585e\u7279\u91cc\u570b Ousaiteli (Austria and Southeast Europe)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t22. \u6ce2\u862d\u570b Bolan (Poland)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t23. \u7d8f\u6797\u8207\u90a3\u5a01\u570b Suilin yu Nawei (Sweden and Norway)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t24. \u9818\u58a8\u570b Lingmo (Danmark)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t25. \u745e\u570b Rui (Switzerland)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t26. \u666e\u9b6f\u793e\u570b Pulushe (Prussia)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t27. \u90fd\u9b6f\u6a5f\u570b Duluji (Turkey, Central Asia)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t28. \u82f1\u5409\u5229\u570b Yingjili (England)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t29. \u4fc4\u7f85\u65af\u570b Eluosi (Russia)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t30. \u6089\u7562\u53b2\u963f\u570b Xibili&#39;a (Siberia)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t31. \u80b2\u5948\u58eb\u8fed\u570b Yunnaishidie (transliteration of &quot;Uni[ted] States&quot;)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t32. \u5317\u58a8\u5229\u52a0\u5dde\u4e4b\u4fc4\u7f85\u65af\u5c6c\u5730 Bei Molijia zhou zhi Eluosi shu di (Russian territories in North America, i. e. Alaska)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t33. \u5317\u58a8\u5229\u52a0\u5dde\u4e4b\u82f1\u5409\u5229\u5c6c\u5730 Bei Molijia zhou zhi Yingjili shu di (British territories in North America, i. e. Canada)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t34. \u667a\u5229\u570b Zhili (Chile)<br \/>  \t\t\t\t35. \u4e16\u754c\u5404\u6559&nbsp;<em>Shijie ge jiao<\/em>&nbsp;The religions of the world<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-2906164972\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Haiguo tuzhi \u6d77\u56fd\u56fe\u5fd7 &quot;Atlas and description of the countries beyond the seas&quot; is a world geography written by the late Qing period \u6e05 (1644-1911) historian and philosopher Wei Yuan \u9b4f\u6e90. Under the impression of China&#39;s defeat during the First Opium War Wei Yuan compiled a military history of the Qing dynasty, the Shengwuji \u5723\u6b66\u8bb0, and the 100 juan&quot;scrolls&quot; long Haiguo tuzhi. The compilation of a world geography was suggested to him by governor Lin Zexu \u6797\u5219\u5f90 who had translated Hugh Murray&#39;s (1779-1846) Encyclopaedia of Geography, Comprising a Complete Description of the Earth under the title of Sizhouzhi \u56db\u6d32\u5fd7 &quot;The Four Continents&quot;. The need to deal with a new danger of &quot;barbarians&quot; attacking China necessitated a deeper knowledge of their states, their customs and habits and their history. China was to learn from the advanced technology of the barbarians in order to check them. Foreign naval, military and industrial technology was to be adopted by China. China&#39;s armies had furthermore to be modernized, with a clear cut in quantity in favour to a better training and professionalization.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2877,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-classics","category-chinese-culture"],"views":173,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/mm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}