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Zhu Ying; Chu Ying; 朱應

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Zhu Ying 朱應

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Served: Wu

Went to Funan, in SE Asia, as an envoy. Wrote the Funan yiwu zhi, a record of what he saw.

Officer Details

Wade-Giles: Chu Ying
Simplified Chinese: 朱应
Pronunciation: Zhu¹ Ying⁴
Cantonese (Yale): Jyu Ying
Cantonese (Jyutpin): Zyu Jing
Min-Nan: Cu Eng

Zhu Ying

Biography

Collaborative Works

Zhu Ying is mentioned in the Liang shu. He was an officer in the service of Wu. He and Kang Tai were dispatched as envoys to Funan and other Southeast Asian states. Zhu Ying wrote a record of Funan during his lifetime known as the Funan yiwu zhi. (Xiong, 691)

Historians believe that Funan refers to an ancient state in Cambodia that maintained trade relations with both India and China. The state may have occasionally sent tribute to Chinese rulers, and most of what is known about it comes from Chinese records such as the one penned by Zhu Ying.

Sources:

Xiong, Victor. The A to Z of Medieval China. Plymouth: Scarecrow Press Inc., 2009. Print.

“Cambodia.” Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 19 Oct. 2010.

.“Funan.” Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 19 Oct. 2010.

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