一个四百多年前的预言:广东必定后来居上——王士性纵论广东社会发展大势  

A Prediction Made Four Hundred Years Ago:Guangdong Would Definitely Catch up and Outshine the Oldtimes——Wang Shixing’s Analyses of Guangdong Social Development

作　　者：颜广文[1] 

机构地区：[1]华南师范大学岭南文化研究中心/历史文化学院,广东广州510631

出　　处：《华南师范大学学报（社会科学版）》2009年第2期81-85,89,共6页Journal of South China Normal University：Social Science Edition

摘　　要：明代学者王士性,通过对全国各地进行实地考察,又认真对比了全国各区域社会经济发展的优势及劣势。重点分析了明代广东社会状况,指出广东有华南地区中心、全国海外贸易中心、丰富物产资源以及广东人善于经商等优势。历史上,是王士性最早预言:广东必定后来居上,成为全国最先进、最发达地区。明清两代的一批著名学者,也接受了王士性对广东社会状况分析的观点。Wang Shixing, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, made a careful comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the social economic development in every region, by conducting investigations all over the country. He paid special attention to the analysis of Guangdong social circumstances in the Ming Dynasty and pointed out that Guangdong had the advantages of being the center of South China, the national overseas trading, being rich in all kinds of products and natural resources. Besides, Cantonese people are good at trading. In historical records, Wang was the first person to foretell that Guangdong would catch up and outshine the oldtimes and become the most advanced and prosperous region in the whole country. A group of famous scholars in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty also accepted Wang’s view and analyses of Guangdong social circumstances.

关 键 词：明朝 王士性 广东 预言 

分 类 号：K248[历史地理—历史学]