Huangming Haiwai Zhuyi Zhi(Overseas Barbarians of the Royal Ming Dynas-ty),transcribed in the book series Yihai Huihan which was compiled in the 2nd year of Zhengde(1507)of the Ming Dynasty,is one of the Ming Dynasty treatises on foreign countries with brief descriptions(Yiyu Quanzhi).This copy could be the only one extant,but had received little at-tention from the academic community.Comprising 158 entries,it is arranged according to the length of the entries,from long to short.Such arrangement is quite different from other similar books.Its content is close to Yiyu Tuzhi,an illustrated treatise,but differs quite a lot in text with Yiyu Zhi.Although not widely circulated,this book is quoted in the works of Chinese scholar Zhou Gongchen and Joseon scholar and bureaucrat Xu Mu during the late Ming and early Qing dy-nasties(referred to as"Zhuyi Zhi"and"Waiyi Zhi",respectively).It is also recorded in the catalogue"Lianting Shumu"from the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty(referred to as"Haiwai Zhuyi Zhi").The transcribed"Huangming Haiwai Zhuyi Zhi"helps correct textual errors in the block-printed edition of"Yiyu Tuzhi".
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