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　　《海國圖志》

　　《海國圖志》是1841年起由思想家魏源受林則徐囑托而編著的一部世界地理歷史知識的綜合性圖書。該書以林則徐所著《四洲志》為基礎，經(jīng)三次增補，成一百卷，于咸豐二年即1852年刊行于世，詳細敘述了世界輿地和各國歷史政制、風土人情，主張學習西方國家的科學技術，提出“師夷之長技以制夷”的中心思想，是一部具有劃時代意義的巨著。

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　　Records and Maps of the World

　　The Records and Maps of the World is a comprehensive book on world geography authored by Wei Yuan, a thinker entrusted by Lin Zexu in 1841. With a total 100 volumes, it was based on Four Continents by Lin Zexu, and published in the second year of Emperor Xianfeng or the year 1852 after three additions. It gave a detailed description of the histories, political systems and customs of all countries and regions in the known world, advocated learning the technologies of the western world, and proposed the core idea "to learn from the advanced technologies of the West in order to resist the invasion of the Western powers". It is a monumental work.

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