生活中,人们常常会问“你是什么地方的”“你去什么地方”之类的问题。但“地方”的确切含义究竟是什么,却很少有人能说清楚。“地方”是指地形方,是中国古代的一种空间秩序概念。我们的先民认为天空是圆形的,大地是矩形的,即“天圆地方”;也有学者认为“地方”并非指正方形或长方形,而是平平正正之谓。明末清初,“地圆说”逐渐替代了“地方说”。时至今日,“地方说”早已失去了往日的尊严和意义,我们再次碰到“地方”这个空间概 In life, people often ask questions like “Where are you?” “Where are you going?” However, what is the exact meaning of “place ”, few people can make it clear. “Place ” refers to the terrain side, is a concept of spatial order in ancient China. Our ancestors think the sky is a circle, the earth is a rectangle, that is, “a circle of places”; some scholars think “place ” is not a square or rectangle, but the flat and positive. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, “earthly speaking” gradually replaced “local sayings ”. Today, “places say ” has long lost its dignity and significance of the past, we once again met “place ” this space