Wang Dayuan (14th century) travelled far and wide during the Yuan dynasty. On his two voyages he sailed to hundreds of places in Southeast Asia and India, also reaching the Near East and the coast of Africa. His work, the Daoyi zhilüe (1349/50), gathered information on places and local traditions, offering a Chinese view of the world beyond the imperial borders. This chapter examines Wang’s work and provides an analysis of the 77th section of the Daoyi zhilüe, entitled Taji’na to enhance our understanding of how far the known world outside Chinese extended at that time and to determine whether Wang Dayuan actually crossed the Mediterranean Sea, as some scholars claim.
Sapienza University of Roma, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4519-1747
Titolo del capitolo
Wang Dayuan’s 汪大淵 Daoyi Zhilüe 島夷志略: Did the World Beyond Chinese Borders Stretch to Morocco?
Autori
Ileana Amadei
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0598-6.08
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Navigating the Mediterranean Through the Chinese Lens
Sottotitolo del libro
Transcultural Narratives of the Sea Among Lands
Curatori
Renata Vinci
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
138
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0598-6
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0597-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0598-6
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0599-3
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919