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西域番国志 (Pinyin: Xi Yu Fan Guo Zhi or Hsi-yü fan-kuo chih; literally "A Record of the Barbarian Countries in the Western Region.") was a report submitted by Ming dynasty envoy Chen Cheng (陈诚) to the Yongle Emperor about the eighteen countries and territories he traveled through during 1414-1415 as a member of an embassy contingency, to the kingdom of Timurid in Central Asia.

Contents

Contents

Xi Yu Fan Guo Zhi consists of 18 chapters:

  • Herat
  • Samarkand
  • Andkud
  • Balkh
  • Termez
  • Shahrokhia
  • Sayram
  • Tashkent
  • Bukhara
  • Kesh
  • Yanghikend
  • Bishbalik
  • Turpan
  • Ya Er
  • Yamshi
  • Khocho
  • Lukchun
  • Kumul

    • English translation

    There is no complete translation of the Xi Yu Fan Guo Zhi, however, there is an English translation of the first chapter:

  • Morris Rossabi: "A Translation of Ch'en Ch'eng's Hsi-Yü Fan-Kuo Chih", Ming Studies, 17 (1983): 49-59.

    • References

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