Daoyi Zhilüe
Daoyi Zhilüe (simplified Chinese: 岛夷志略; traditional Chinese: 島夷誌略; pinyin: Dǎo Yí Zhì Lüè; Wade–Giles: Tao i chih lio) or Daoyi Zhi (simplified Chinese: 岛夷志; traditional Chinese: 島夷誌; pinyin: Dǎo Yí Zhì; Wade–Giles: Tao i chih)[1] which may be translated as A Brief Account of Island Barbarians or other similar titles,[2][3][4][5] is a book written c. 1339 (completed c. 1349)[6] by Yuan dynasty Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan recounting his travels to over a hundred places in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. The book was written in present-day Sri Lanka. It described the weather, products, people, and customs of the places that Wang Dayuan visited.
The timeline for Wang Dayuan's life and travels is:[7]
- 1311 - born
- 1330 - sailed for the first time from Quanzhou
- 1334 - returned to Yuan dynasty
- 1337 - sailed for the second time from Quanzhou
- 1339 - returned to Yuan dynasty
The content of the book (known as Dao Yi Zhu) was originally an appendix in a local gazetteer Qing Yuan Xu Zhi ( 清源续志, A Continuation of the History and Topography of Quanzhou) composed by Wu Jian in 1349. According to the Yuan poet Zhang Zhu, Daoyi Zhilüe was re-published in 1350 as an individual travel account.[8]
Andaya and Andaya write that Dao Yi Zhi Lue provides more information on areas east of the Malay Peninsula than any other Yuan dynasty source.[9] According to the postscript Wang Dayuan visited all the places described. However, Park notes that 90% of the text is devoted to Southeast Asia and that Wang does not give details of his route and itinerary to West Asia.[10] However, Deng states that Wang Dayuan's account is consistent with later Ming dynasty accounts of Zheng He's travels.[11] There is currently no full English translation of the book but the Chinese version is available online.[12][13] Partial translations however are available.[14]
See also
- Zhu fan zhi
- Chinese exploration
References
- ISBN 7-101-02026-7
- ISBN 978-9814459723.
- ISBN 978-9004165076.
- ISBN 9789004237414.
- ^ "Wang Dayuan". National Library Board Singapore.
- ^ Rockhill (1915). Notes on the Relations and Trade of China with the Eastern Archipelago and the Coast of the Indian Ocean During the Fourteenth Century, Part II - Introductory Note. p. 62.
- ISBN 9787101020267.
- ^ Lee, Meiyu (2014). "Tales of the Dragon's Tooth Strait". BiblioAsia. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- ISBN 9780521889926.
- ISBN 9781107018686.
- ISBN 0313307121.
- ^ "Dao Yi Zhi Lue 島夷誌略". NTI Reader. NTI Buddhist Text Reader project. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "《島夷志略》". Chinese Text Project.
- OCLC 504030596.
Bibliography
- Rockhill, William Woodville (1914). "Notes on the Relations and Trade of China with the Eastern Archipelago and the Coast of the Indian Ocean During the Fourteenth Century, Part I - I." T'oung Pao. 1: 419–447.
- Rockhill, William Woodville (1915). "Notes on the Relations and Trade of China with the Eastern Archipelago and the Coast of the Indian Ocean During the Fourteenth Century, Part II - Introductory Note". T'oung Pao. 1: 61–159.
- Rockhill, William Woodville (1915). "Notes on the Relations and Trade of China with the Eastern Archipelago and the Coast of the Indian Ocean During the Fourteenth Century, Part II - II. Java and the Eastern Archipelago". T'oung Pao. 1: 236–271.
- Rockhill, William Woodville (1915). "Notes on the Relations and Trade of China with the Eastern Archipelago and the Coast of the Indian Ocean During the Fourteenth Century, Part II - III. Ceylon and Maldive Islands". T'oung Pao. 1: 374–392.
- Rockhill, William Woodville (1915). "Notes on the relations and trade of China with the eastern archipelago and the coast of the Indian Ocean during the fourteenth century, Part II - IV. Coasts of India". T'oung Pao. 1: 435–467.
- 1330 - Singapore's Early Settlements & Trade - a short documentary about how Singapore was depicted in Wang Dayuan's Daoyi Zhilue, produced for the Singapore Bicentennial in 2019.
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