《山海经》昆仑山位置新考

本文利用《山海经》中昆仑山产玉、火山、流沙、水系四个方面的记载,结合现代自然地理学证明上古狭义的昆仑山即今和田地区南部的昆仑山,广义的昆仑山还包括喀喇昆仑山、阿里高原。祁连山不符合上述四个条件,因此昆仑山不可能是祁连山。汉籍中昆仑山和佛典中阿耨达山的地理相似,其知识可能来源于高原游牧民族。

A New Research of the Location of Kunlun Moutains in ShanHaiJing

This article based on accounts of jade,volcano,drift sands,river system about the Kunlun Moutains,combining Physical Geography,proves the earliest Kunlun Moutains is today's Kunlun Moutains in the south of Xinjiang,Karakorum Moutains and northwest Tibet are also included in a broad sense.The Qilian Moutains is not qualified,both Wang Mu and Tian Shan(Heaven Moutain)are general terms,so the earliest Kunlun Moutains is not the Qilian Moutains.The Kunlun Moutains in Chinese records and the Anavatapta in Indian records are similar,these knowledge are both from ancient nomadic people on the Qinhai—Tibet Plateau.