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1、NOTESONTHERELATIONSANDTRADEOFCHINAWITHTHEEASTERNARCHIPELAGOANDTHECOASTSOFTHEINDIANOCEANDURINGTHEFOURTEENTHCENTURYBYtheHon.W.W.ROCKHILL.IntheirIntroductionandNotestothetranslationofChaoJu-kua'sworkontheseatradeofChinainthetwelfthandthebeginningofthethirteenthcenturies,ProfessorHirthan
2、dthepresentwriterendeavoredtooutline,throughthestudyofChineseandmediaevalArabwriters,theknowledgepossessedbytheChineseofthepeoplesoftheEasternArchipelago,oftheMalayPeninsula,ofthecoastofIndiaandoftheremoteWest,andtherelationsofthesepeopleswithChinadowntotheendoftheSungdynasty,whenthe
3、yhadattainedtheirgreatestextensionwhichwasnottobesurpassed,ifequalled,untilChinaenteredintodirectrelationswiththeWestbythecomingofPortugueseandSpanishshipstoherseaports.Theresearcheswhichthisworkledtohavecausedmetobelieve,especiallyinviewoftheinterestwhichChaoJu-kuasworkappearstohave
4、awakened,thatasomewhatsimilarstudyoftherelationsofChinawiththesameregions(exclusiveofIndo-ChinaandBurma,whichwouldrequireseparatetreatment)duringtheYuandynastyThiscontentdownloadedonSat,12Jan201323:05:39PMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditions474w.w.ROCKHILL.andtheearlyMing,mightcont
5、ributesomethingtoourknowledgeofthehistory,geography,andethnographyofthispartoftheworldataperiodforthestudyofwhichmaterialisverymeagre.ThesourcesofinformationofwhichIhavemadeuseare(1)theYfianshikorHistoryoftheYuandynasty;initsAnnalsandBiographiesanditstwochaptersonforeigncountriesaref
6、oundscatteredaboutfrequentandoftenmostinterestingreferencestothepeoplesandcountriesoftheSouthernSeasandofSouthernIndiawithwhichtheearlyYuanemperorsestablishedpoliticalrelations,aswellasconcerninigtradewithforeignpostsandcognatesubjects,and(2),fortheperiodextendingfromtheearlypartofth
7、efour-teenthcenturytothebeginningofthefifteenth,theTao-icliub-lioor"DescriptionoftheBarbariansoftheIslands",writtenbyWangTa-yuanin1349,theYing-yaishe'ng-lanor"ComprehensivesurveyoftheshoresoftheOcean",writtenbyMaHuanintheearlypartofthefifteenthcentury(thedateatwhichitwaswrittenwillbe
8、discussedsub
