历史上的零丁洋及其海域范围

宋元时期,广东社会经济发展不断向海洋推进,零丁洋海域进入了人们开发的视野。明清广东海洋经济获得了进一步发展,中外贸易在零丁洋海域相当活跃,也引起了官府对这一海域的重视。正是在不断开发海洋的过程中,人们对零丁洋海域的认识与界定,也逐步由小到大地扩展,文献对零丁洋的记述从人文记忆向地理标识转变。宋元以来,人们对零丁洋海域范围的界定,几乎都是以陆岛为标识加以描述,由原先单一的零丁岛扩大到零丁岛群,进而将这一海域不断扩大,也就是说,不同时期的零丁洋海域有不同的范围界限。

The Area Of Lingding ocean in History

With the promoting of the economy to the sea in Canton in the period of Song Dynasty,the Lingding Ocean's development was caught sight by people.During the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty,the ocean economy went on progressing,and the trade between China and foreign countries was very active in this area,so the government gave an important look on it.And in the course of that,the Lingding Ocean area was regarded as an important area which became the geographical identifiers from the memory of humanism in the recordation of literature.Since Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty,the definitions of the Lingding Ocean have based on the mainland,and they have ranged from a sole island to the Lingding's islands.As a result,the Lingding Ocean was becoming larger and larger,in another word,it has different extent during different periods.