Yingya Shenglan
The Yingya Shenglan (simplified Chinese: 瀛涯胜览; traditional Chinese: 瀛涯勝覽; pinyin: Yíngyá Shènglǎn), written by Ma Huan in 1451, is a book about the countries visited by him over the course of the Ming treasure voyages led by Zheng He.
There is no surviving extant version of the original Yingya Shenglan.[1] However, later Ming copies of Ma's work have been preserved, even though these copies contain differences due to later editors.[2] These include the Yihai Huihan [藝海匯函] version (1507), Zhang Sheng's so-called "rifacimento" (1522), [note 1][3] the Guochao Diangu [國朝典故] version (edited by Deng Shilong),[note 2][4] the Jilu Huibian [紀錄彙編] version (1617)[note 3][1] and the Shengchao Yishi [勝朝遺事] version (1824) from the Qing period.[note 4][3]
Ma Huan served as an interpreter on the fourth, sixth, and seventh voyage.[5][6] Guo Chongli was Ma Huan collaborator on the Yingya Shenglan.[7] He personally participated in three of the expeditions.[7] These two gentlemen recorded their observations in notes, which were used to compose the Yingya Shenglan.[7]
See also
Notes
- It was first published in 1522, posthumously. It was also published in chapter 63 of the Jilu Huibian. Zhang Sheng edited/rewrote the Yingya Shenglan into a literary style of composition, while Ma Huan had originally written it in a colloquial style. (Mills 1970, 38)
- It was published in chapter 106 of the Guochao Diangu (Mills 1970, 39).
- It was published in chapter 62 of the Jilu Huibian (Mills 1970, 37).
- It was published in chapter 1 of the Shengchao Yishi (Mills 1970, 38).
References
Citations
- Mills 1970, 37.
- Mills 1970, 37–40.
- Mills 1970, 38.
- Mills 1970, 39.
- Mills 1970, 35.
- Dreyer 2007, 6–7.
- Mills 1970, 55.
Sources
- Dreyer, Edward L. (2007). Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405–1433. New York, NY: Pearson Longman. ISBN 9780321084439.
- Mills, J.V.G. (1970). Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' [1433]. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-01032-2.
- 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.