19世纪后半叶广州鼠疫传入路线的探讨

对广州鼠疫的传入，前辈学者如伍连德、冼维逊等均有研究与阐述。在此基础上，深入调查广东地方文献，可以发现1879年广州及珠江口部分地区已有鼠疫局部流行的迹象。而16世纪后半叶广州鼠疫从陆路传入这一传统观点值得怀疑，鼠疫很有可能是从西南疫区经海道直接传入广州的。

Exploration on the spreading route of plague into Guangzhou in later half of the 19th century

Being former scholars, both Wu Liande and Xian Weixun made research and interpretation on the plague imported into Guangzhou. On this foundation, we find out that there were plague epidemics partly appeared in Guangzhou and some parts of Zhujiang River in 1879 through deep investigation in Guangdong local literature. By virtue of this discovery, we make further discussion about spreading route of plague into Guangzhou in the later half of the 16th century. By arguing the traditional viewpoint whether it was imported through the land route, we consider that it was probably imported into Guangzhou by the sea route from the south-west epidemic areas.