Zhu Fan Zhi
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Zhu Fan Zhi, variously translated as A Description of Barbarian Nations, Records of Foreign People, or other similar titles, is a 13th-century Song Dynasty work by Zhao Rukuo. The work is a collection
A page from Zhu fan zhi, with description of Jiaozhi.
Daoyi Zhilüe
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Daoyi Zhilüe or Daoyi Zhi which may be translated as A Brief Account of Island Barbarians or other similar titles, is a book written c. 1339 by Yuan dynasty Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan recounting hi
Zhu Fan Zhi
…foreign and Chinese traders. As he himself had not travelled overseas, the information he collected is necessarily secondhand, unlike other works such as Daoyi Zhilüe written by Wang Dayuan of the Yuan Dynasty who had travelled overseas to observe other countries at firsthand. Nevertheless, the book contains valuable…
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