Choe Bu
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Choe Bu was a Korean diarist, historian, politician, and travel writer during the early Joseon Dynasty. He was most well known for the account of his shipwrecked travels in China from February to July
The hyanggyo of Daegu; the hyanggyo were government-run educational facilities where students were educated for civil service.
An 1871 photo of a Korean junk ship
A scene from a 12th-century painting by the Song dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan, showing people carried in Chinese litters, the same which Choe and his officers were carried around in while traversing through Zhejiang
The Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, built by 1165 during the Song dynasty
Haijin
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The Haijin or sea ban was a series of related policies in China restricting private maritime trading during much of the Ming dynasty and early Qing dynasty. The sea ban was an anomaly in Chinese histo
A suit of wokou armour
A gate of the Chongwu Fortress in Fujian, built c. 1384
Attacks by the wokou. 14th-century painting
Northerly trade route as used by eastbound Manila galleons