caa a22 4500 469025220 CHVBK 20180323132728.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00241209 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00241209 Zhao Zhongshu Department of Geography, Peking University, Beijing, PR China aut Round sky and square earth ( Tian Yuan Di Fang ): ancient Chinese geographical thought and its influence [Elektronische Daten] [Zhongshu Zhao] "Round sky and square earth” is a basic concept in the tradition of ancient Chinese geography. It appeared at least two thousand years ago and has influenced Chinese geography significantly — both for good and for ill. As an academic subject in China, the history of geographical thought is new. It has become "the center of geographical history” (Yang 1989, p. 7; Wang 1982, p. 4). This transformation began in the 1980s. Earlier studies of the history of ancient Chinese geography paid more attention to the history of exploration, cartography, and geographers themselves. It neglected serious study of the concept and influence of the idea of round sky and square earth. This paper discusses this concept, its influence on ancient Chinese cartography, and its significance in early geographical literature, specifically the Geographical Society Yu Gong (Tribute of Yu). Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992 GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/2(1992-02-01), 149-152 0343-2521 26:2<149 1992 26 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241209 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00241209 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Zhao Zhongshu Department of Geography, Peking University, Beijing, PR China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 26/2(1992-02-01), 149-152 0343-2521 26:2<149 1992 26 10708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer