Abstract:

Professor Liu Nanwei pays much attention to the study of Genglubu and the place names of the South China Sea Islands. He has made important contributions to the excavation, textual research and cultural inheritance of the Genglubu and the place names of the South China Sea Islands. This paper briefly reviews the main experiences of Professor Liu Nanwei’s research on the South China Sea Islands in the past 50 years. Professor Liu Nanwei's important contributions to the study on the place names of the South China Sea Islands include: 1) digging out the hand written copies of 10 editions of Genglubu; 2) introducing at the earliest and studying the Survey Report of Fishery and Aquatic resources in Adjacent Waters of the Xisha, Nansha＆ Zhongsha Islands; 3) making textual research on the origin, quantity and nomenclature of the folk place names of the South China Sea Islands.

Key words: Liu Nanwei, the South China Sea Islands, place names, Genglubu