论《武备志》和《南枢志》中的《郑和航海图》

过去学界长期使用的《郑和航海图》是向达先生根据《武备志》所录图的整理本,其实这个版本并非出自明天启年间的《武备志》原刻本,而是出自清初的删改本,《故宫珍本丛刊》中所收录的《武备志》才是明原刻本。过去学界只知《武备志》中有此图,其实成书于明末的《南枢志》中也录有此图。本文比较了上述三书中所录的《郑和航海图》,发现三者互有对错,因而不能在使用中简单地去一存一,将三图结合考其讹误,辨伪存真,作出新本将是解决这一问题的根本方向。

Explorations on Contrasts of Zheng He Hang Hai Tu Filed in Wu Bei Zhi and Nan Shu Zhi

The traditionally applied Zheng He Hang Hai Tu modified and edited by Xiang Da from Wu Bei Zhi is actually not obtained from Wu Bei Zhi complied in the years of Tian Qi of Ming Dynasty. Oringinally, it’s from the revised edition of Wu Bei Zhi which was complied in the early Qing Dynas. Simutaneously, it used to be recognized that only in wu Bei Zhi this chart is filed. But latter, it’s found that the chart is also recorded in Nan Shu Zhi. So with regard to the chart’s three versions of the above books, it’s of necessity and rationality to spot the distionctions and bring out a new edition to reflect the historical facts.