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1、WAm■te&M■m'XZP'ZZrCyvy^y'i^^H^e';*''''fti.iiPWULi;-'VV■Z-'■">vOV^^^WWWvvwvM«-■-'v^V'*wV/WMZlt■■&$®mw*mPMy^^vv^"^V.LAiVr/ic^w^'3A^^y^S^H■»■■..vvvUVWvgyw,PfM*s'^ONTHEKNOWLEDGEPOSSESSEDBYTHEANCIENTCHINESEOFTHEARABSANDARABIANCOLONIES,ANDOTHERWESTERNCOUNTRIES,fEcnttoncSinChineseBoofaf.E.BEETSC
2、HNEIDER,M.D.PhysicianoftheRussianLegationatPeking.LONDON.TRttBNER&CO.,60,PATERNOSTERROW.1871.HARVARD'
3、UNIVERSITYLIBRARYMARItla/1,047*52-ONTHEKNOWLEDGEPOSSESSEDBYTHEANCIENTCHINESEOFTHEARABS.AmongthenumerousstatementsaboutforeigncountriesfoundinancientChineseworks,thoseregardingtheArabsareth
4、emostsatisfactory.Thisopinion,however,isnottobetakenabsolutelybutonlyrelatively,inregardtothetimewhentheseaccountswerewrittendown;for,ingeneral,Chinesewritingscontainmuchthatisillogical,contradictory,andabsurd,whichoursinologuesareaccustomedtopassoverwithindulgence.Attheendofeachofthehisto
5、riesofthevariousChinesedynasties,handeddownsuccessivelysincethesecondcenturyB.C.,aretobefoundaccountsofforeigncountriesknownbytheChineseatthoseparticulartimes.Butthedescriptionsofthemareoftensovagueandinaccuratethatforthemostpartnodeductionscanbedrawnfromthem.TheChinese,intheirdescriptiono
6、fcountries,naturalobjects,etc.,areveryinexact.Theirviewsaboutwhatisandisnotimportantarequitedifferentfromours,andveryoftenwefindthattheprincipalmatterisnotmentionedatall.Nevertheless,wearemuchindebtedtothemforourknowledgeofAsiatichistory,andespeciallyregardingCentralandEasternAsia,thehisto
7、ryofthesepartsbeingalmostunknowntousexceptfromChinesesources.ItisonlyinafewcasesthatweareenabledtocomparetheChineseaccountsofancientAsiaticgeographywiththestatementsofcontemporaryIndianorMohammedanwritersconcerningthesamecountries.WecandosoasregardstheChinesenoticesabouttheancientPersiansa
8、ndArabs,whicharenotincontradictionwiththeMohammedanannals.InapaperonChineseancientgeographicalnames,publishedinthe4thvol.ofNotesandQueriesonChinaandJapan,IattemptedtobringtogetherallthestatementsoftheChineseaboutancientPersia,whichsincethesixthcenturywasknownt
