CONTENTS

Compiler's Notes ..........................................

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I. SOURCE STUDY

Chinese Sources of 11th-13th Centuries ...................

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1.1. Wen-ch'ang tsa lu ("Various Notes Taken at the Department

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of Ministries11) .........................................

1.2. Ling wai tai ta ("Instead of Reply /about the South-Wes­

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tern Regions/ beyond the Mountain-Passes") ............

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upon Them") .............................................

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1.5. Hsiian-ho feng shih Kaoli t'u ching ("Illustrated Desc­

ription of the Embassy to Kaoli during the Reign of Hsiian-

ho") ..........................

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1.6. Hsu Po wu chih ("A Continuation of 'Notes on the Know­

ledge of Things'").......................................

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1.7. T'ang yii lin ("Forest of T'ang

Period Legends") . . . .

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1.8. T'ing shih ("Stories on a Small

Table")..............

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Gate Ch'ingpo")................................

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Century.................................................

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11.2. Chinese and the S e a .................................

11th Century — in Chinese

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11.3. Ts'eng-t'ann — Zangistan of

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Sources.................................................

Appendix 1• Translation of Chinese Texts ..............

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Appendix 2. Chinese Texts .............................

the Stu­

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11.4. /Rev. of:/ Chang T'ieh-sheng's "First Steps in

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dy of Chinese-African Relations"

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III. LITERATURE. TRANSLATIONS

III.1. The Literature of the Sung Dynasty (960-1279)

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Appendix 1. Love-Poetry of Li

Ch'ing-chao . . . .

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