Yiwu Zhi

Yiwu Zhi
A page from theRecord of Foreign Matters
Chinese	DịVậtChí
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yiwu Zhi

TheYiwu ZhiorRecord of Foreign Matters,also known as theJiaozhou Yiwu Zhi( giao châu dị vật chí ),Nanyi Yiwu Zhi( nam duệ dị vật chí ),Jiaozhi Yiwu Zhi( giao ngón chân dị vật chí ) andYangyilang Zhushu( dương nghị lang thư ) amongst others, is a treatise written byEastern Hancourt advisorYáng Fú ( dương phu )covering the people, geography, fauna, rice cultivation, fruit, trees, grass, bamboo, insects and fish of theSouth China Searegion. It is the first written Chinese account of theLingnanarea's produce, production methods and aboriginal customs and uses a detailed methodology that would be adopted as standard by later works of this genre including theNanfang Caomu Zhuang,Linhai Shuishang Yiwu Zhi( lâm nước biển thượng dị vật chí ),Nanzhou Yiwu Zhi( Nam Châu dị vật chí ),HainanYiwu Zhi( Lương Châu dị vật chí ),Bashu Yiwu Zhi( Ba Thục dị vật chí ),Funan Yiwu Zhi( đỡ nam dị vật chí ),Lingnan Yiwu Zhi( Lĩnh Nam dị vật chí ),Nanzhong Bajun Yiwu Zhi( nam trung tám quận dị vật chí ),Guangzhou Yiwu Zhi( Quảng Châu dị vật chí ), andLingbiao Luyi( lĩnh biểu lục dị ).

Contents

• Human geography: Land of the Tattooed Forehead People (Diaoti GuoĐiêu đề quốc ), Territory of the Wolf (Lang GuoLang quốc ),Xitu Guo( tây đồ quốc ),Rau peoplesWuhu( ô hử ), Yellow Haired People (Huang tou RenHoàng thủ lĩnh ),Kingdom of Funan,Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya ProvinceJinlin( kim lân )Si điểu Guo( tư điều quốc ).
• Animals and birds:Hepucattle, gorilla, elephant, rhinoceros,macaque,peacock.
• Fish and insects: mussel, cowrie, water snake, hawksbill turtle, whale, jellyfish.
• Fruit:Japanese banana,betel,coconut, olive,bayberry,sugar cane, sweet potato.
• Plants:banyan,cotton, laurel, cardamom,giant hyssop,ginger-lily
• Precious stones: Kunlun jade,mica

Versions

TheBook of Suiand theNew Book of Tangboth cite from theYiwu Zhibut from the time of theSong dynasty(960–1279) the book became lost, although scattered references to it remain in works such asBeitang Shuchao( Bắc Đường thư sao ),Imperial Reader of the Taiping Era,Extensive Records of the Taiping Era,Yiwen Julei( nghệ văn tụ loại ),Commentary on the Water Classic,Qi Min Yao Shu,Guangyun,Taiping Huanyu Ji,Hailu Suishi( hải lục toái sự ),Compendium of Materia Medica,GuangQunfang Pu( quảng Quần Phương Phổ ),Guangdong Xinyu( Quảng Đông tân ngữ ), andGuangzhong Tongzhi( Quảng Đông thông chí ) amongst others.

In the first year of theQingDaoguang Emperor(1821),Zeng Zhao( từng chiêu ) produced a version ofYangyilang Zhushu( dương nghị lang thư ) from ancient textual sources then in 1849 theYiwu Zhi.
In March 1947, TheCommercial PressinShanghaipublished a compendium of works based on theYiwu Zhifollowed in 1991 by the Guangdong Publishing Group ( Quảng Đông tỉnh xuất bản tập đoàn ) issuing theLingnan Cultural Archive( Lĩnh Nam kho sách ), which included Wu Yongzhang's ( Ngô vĩnh chương ) workYiwu Zhi Jiyi Jiaozhu( dị vật chí tập dật chú thích ).

See also

• Chinese encyclopedias