马可波罗在甘州与额里折兀之间插叙了亦集乃城、哈刺和林、巴尔忽平原诸地,以致国内外学者在其来华途中是否路经亦集乃城、哈剌和林问题上存在较大争议。经对《马可波罗寰宇记》主要版本对亦集乃城记载内容的仔细分析研究,文章在考狄埃、伯希和等前人研究基础上,进一步论证了马可波罗事实上并没有到过亦集乃城。马可波罗对亦集乃城的记载,应均为道听途说之辞。
Marco Polo narrates Ecina, Caracorom, the plain of Bargu between Campcio and Ergiuul, and whether Marco Polo had been to Ecina and Caracorom is still a controversial question in the domestic and foreign scholars. Through a detailed analysis and research on the Ecina records in the major version of The Descriptions of the Word, on the basis of predecessors such as Henri Cordier and Paul Pelliot, this paper demonstrates that Marco Polo has never been to Ecina virtually. The Ecina records of Marco Polo should merely be hearsay from others.