目前,有的书籍如中学历史课本《中国历史》第二册等,对明朝时“东西洋”地理概念的解释,大都采用《明史》卷323所载的说法:“婆罗又名文莱,东洋尽处,西洋所自起也。”也就是说明代以文莱为东西洋分界 At present, some books, such as the middle school history textbook “Chinese History” Volume II, etc., mostly explain the interpretation of the geographical concept of “Eastern and Western Oceans” in the Ming Dynasty using the saying in the volume of “History of the Ming Dynasty,” Volume 323: "Boro, also known as Brunei, At the end of the East Ocean, the Western Institute also began.” That is to say, the Brunei was replaced by East and West.