EAS103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ma Huan, Gangnido, Ennin
28 Nov 2016
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Ming china"s relationship with other parts of the world. Left minister + right minister made a comparative study of these maps . One can indeed know the world without going out of his door! . Ming cartography: in turn benefitted from islamic maps, available in china under mongol ( . Map of japan: military man made trips there (1398-1401) and made maps (cid:1995) . Eventually given to buddhist temple in kyoto ( ) (cid:1955) . 2 christians: william of rubruck , marco polo (cid:2591) [ ] 2 muslims: zheng he , ma huan (cid:8530) [ (cid:7135) ] Returned to translate 1300+ scrolls of india scripture. Wrote about his travels in records of the western regions . Part of tendai sect of buddhism (founded by saicho, still new) (cid:3929)(cid:4551) . Record of a pilgrimage to china in search of law. Franciscan monk: envoy to french king in 1253. Letters describing his trip (addressed to the king)
