一、问题的提出“江南”是近些年学术界研究的重点地区,关于“江南”地区的论著多不胜数,检索《中国期刊网》1994—2007年的历史类文章,以“江南”为题的文章就已经超过了300篇。可以说,学界对“江南”区域的研究已经达到一个很高的水准。但非常奇怪的是,学术界对于“江南地区”的地域界定,却从来没有一个统一的意见。这样就造成有些学者不得不在文章开始时对所研究的“江南”范围作一交 First, the issue put forward “Jiangnan” is a key area of ​​academic research in recent years, on the “Jiangnan ” area numerous books, search “China Journal Net” historical articles from 1994 to 2007 to “Jiangnan ” for the title of the article has more than 300 articles. It can be said that the academic community has reached a very high standard in the study of the “Jiangnan” region. However, it is very strange that academia has never had a unified opinion on the geographical definition of the “southern region.” As a result, some scholars have to make a cross over the scope of the study “Jiangnan” at the beginning of the article