【摘要】 反映晚明社会思潮的文学作品《西洋记》中描述的南海是由中国龙神掌管的明朝疆域，包含了现代意义上南海的地理范围，反映了历史上中国人对西沙群岛和南沙群岛地理特征的认识，真实体现了明代民间社会中已经形成了对南海的国家管辖意识，表明南海自古属中国是一个长期历史积淀的结论。更多还原

【Abstract】 The South China Sea described in Xiyangji,a literary work reflecting the trend of social thoughts in the late Ming Dynasty, is the territory of the Ming Dynasty controlled by the Chinese dragon god.In Xiyangji,the South China Sea covers the geographical scope of the South China Sea in the modern sense, reflects the Chinese people’s understanding of the geographical characteristics of Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands in the history, truly embodies the national consciousness of the South China Sea that has been formed in the civil society of the Ming Dynasty, and proves the conclusion that the South China Sea belongs to China since ancient times is a long-term historical accumulation.更多还原