本文在对南海诸岛古地名和土地名进行考证、分析的基础上,指出南海诸岛土地名是其古地名的组成部分.把古地名与土地名联系起来,可得到一套中国古代南海诸岛地名系统.进一步得出中国南海诸岛的命名,是南海诸岛主权属于中国的有力的地名学证据.

Through studying the folk place names and ancient place names in the Nanhai Is-lands, the thesis points out that the former representing the monomer of coral reef are parts of the latter representing the colony of coral reef. Both of them set up the place name system of the Nanhai Islands in ancient China,which is a full proof that the Nan-hai Islands are parts of China.