欧洲是欧逻巴洲之简称。有可靠证据表明,从明代开始,中国人才以欧逻巴指称亚欧大陆西部的这块陆地。但明人对欧称谓远不止欧逻巴一名,见于明代官私文献的欧洲名称还有大秦、拂菻、欧逻巴国、大西、大西洋国、欧海国、天主国等数十种之多。除少数称谓因袭或借用前人旧称外,绝大多数乃是明人依据自己所得欧洲信息而来的新创造。作为对欧认识 Europe is short for Eurasia. There is credible evidence that since the Ming dynasty, Chinese talents have accorded Olufpag to this piece of land on the western part of the Eurasian continent. However, the Ming People’s name in Europe is far more than that of Oubasuba. The European names of civil and military literature found in the Ming Dynasty include scores of dozens of species such as the Great Qin, the Whispers, the Euclidean Countries, the Western Regions, the Atlantic Countries, the European States and the Catholic States. With the exception of a few appellations or the borrowing of predecessors, the overwhelming majority are new creations by the Ming based on the European information they have acquired. As a European understanding