以方志城池圖為對象、通過多元相關分析方法對中國古代城市意象進行了研究。結果表明:中國古代城市意象可分為內外均衡型、外向型和內向型,3個類型的城市意象均以城內為主、城外為輔,共性大于差異性。其次,中國古代城市意象受地理環境影響、存在顯著的地域空間差異。第三,中國古代城市意象隨時間推移發生動態變化,在清代呈現出中期外向型、晚期內向型兩個較為明顯的歷史演變趨勢。最后,指出中國古代城市整體意象體現的是"城鄉融合"的傳統社會空間秩序,表達的是中國古代理想的城市觀。

Taking city maps in the local chronicles as research objects, this paper studies the city image of ancient Chinese cities by using the multiple correlation analysis method. The results show that: fi rstly, the city image of ancient Chinese cities can be divided into internal-external balanced, introverted, and extraverted types. The city image of all these three types was mainly about the inside of the city, while that about the outside of the city was complementary, which showed greater similarity than disparity. Secondly, the city image of ancient Chinese cities was affected by the geographical environment and had significant differences in geographical space. Thirdly, the city image of ancient Chinese cities dynamically changed over time, which was extraverted in the mid-Qing Dynasty but introverted in the late-Qing Dynasty. Finally, the paper points out that the city image of ancient Chinese cities overall refl ects the traditional social order in space, i.e., "urban-rural integration", which demonstrates the concept of ideal city in the ancient times in China.