gt0 cAc sAcu ora l{'THE Gror nANc nAN vAN THor MrNH - THANH (TRUNG eu6c) vA ruoNc rnAo xn,tt sAtc vrnr Nanr u0a cu6r rnt r.i.xrx DOAN LE GIANG i Tom ; Tt thl k9 XVI c6c nuoc phuong Triy bit rliu md r6ng thiS luc tt6n phuong Ddng Theo teu bu6n cta c6c cOng ty DOng An, c6c nhd truydn gi6o cing dA det chan d6n nrng Vi6n D6ng xa x6i Cirng vdi Kinh Th6nh,.hg mang tl6n tldy cdc tri thrtc khoa hgc phuong Tay d6 c6 s6ch ttia l, th6 gioi dy d9 thuy\, Chtc phrong ngoai lq, Hdng hai kim chdm.- Nhd th6 ma ngudi rung Vi6n Ddng mdi biit ddu biiit Aen tl6 gidi nim ch6u Tri crlc tri thuc tlia l! 6y, nguoi Trung euoc cing soan cdc srich vd dia lj thii gioi nhu: DOng Tdy drong khao, Doanh hodn chi lwc, Hii quiic it i Cac lnhtt: Kh6n sdch 6y tlugc t16n nh6n n6ng nhi€t d cric nudc khu ,vTc, fiong d6 c6 ViCt Nam nhu ld m6t phdn cta tri thuc khai s6ng Vi0c tim hiiiu nh6m thu tich ndy girip cho chfng ta hi6u th0m vd m6t phin cta lich sri s6ng Ddng A, dOng thdi cnng hiiiu th€m v,i cdch tiiip nhdn c6 ph6 ph6n cira c6c nho si canh tan Viet Nam diii vdi c6c srich ttia li; th6 gi6i, nhat le sech cria c6c hoc gid Trung Quilc Ti kh6a: Sich dialy *ri! gioi beng Han van, phong trdo khai sing, t6n thu khai sring , Kh6n dr d6 thuyit kiai Abslract: During the eastward expansion of Westem Europe since the sixteenth century, many Christian missionaries arrived in the Far East with the help of East lndian merchant ships Besides the Bible, they brought to China much Westem scientific knowledge, including their geographical books of the world, such as Kunyt Tushuo,illlustrated Treatise of the Geography of rhe World, Zhifang Waiji/Record of Places Outside the Known World, Hanghae KinchinNavigators' Golden Needle, etc Attaining knowledge from these books, Chinese scholars produced their own books about the world geography such as Dong-Xiyang Kao/Account ofthe Eastem and Westem Oceans, Yinghuan Zhilue/A Brief Description of the World, and Haiguo TuzhVlllustrated Treatise on Maritime Kingdoms These Chinese documents were widely appreciated in neighboring countries, including Vietnam, as components of the Enlightenment knowledge Studying these documents helps to expand our understanding of the Enlightenment history in East Asia and how critically Vietnamese innovative scholars received the knowledge about the world geography, especially that fiom the books by Chinese scholars Kqwords: Chinese book of World Geography, Enlightenment movement new books of enlightenment, Kunyru Tushuo M6, iIAu gioi nIm chdu D6 ld ciic s6ch: gi6i thiCu bnn d6 thii gioi theo cdch vd phuong TAy cta Lqi (Li) Mi Diu +'ir5 -€l Mateo tucci (1552-1610), cric s6ch dia l1i th€ gioi bing Hrin vln cria Ngrii Nho Luoc g-la4l Giulio Aleni (1582-1649), v