晚清以来,随着地图测绘、印刷技术以及历史研究的进步,学者们编绘了多种中国历史地图集。到了20世纪30年代,这些新编绘的中国历史地图集数量已不下二三十种,但在质量上也存在诸多问题,亟待改进。顾颉刚先生十分注重历史地图,1930年代组织禹贡学会,欲借团体之力编绘精确、详备的历史地图。受抗日战争影响,这一计划虽未能实现,但在历史地图底本、绘制方法、地名考证等方面做出诸多有益的贡献。1955年,他与章巽先生编著的《中国历史地图集·古代史部分》是我国第一本综合类历史地图集,虽与其早期计划相差甚远,但在内容、编辑方法、技巧方面创建颇多,对之后中国历史地图集编绘影响深远。 Since the late Qing Dynasty, with the improvement of map surveying and mapping, printing technology and historical research, scholars have compiled a variety of Chinese atlas of history. By the 1930s, there were no fewer than 30 such newly-compiled historical atlases in China, but there were still many problems in their quality and they were in urgent need of improvement. Mr. Gu Jiegang paid great attention to the history map. In the 1930s, he organized Yugong Society and wanted to compose an accurate and detailed historical map by the power of the group. Influenced by the Anti-Japanese War, although this plan failed to be realized, it made a lot of useful contributions in the aspects of historical base maps, drawing methods and geographical names research. In 1955, his “Atlas of Chinese Historical Atlas and Ancient History” edited by Zhang and his entourage was the first comprehensive historical atlases of our country. Although far from its early plans, it created quite a lot of content, editing methods and techniques More, after the compilation of China’s history atlas of far-reaching impact.