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Ming Dynasty diplomat
Chen's approximate land route (green, based on the list of destinations in
Goodrich & Tay 1976 ),
Zheng He 's maritime route (black) and
Yishiha 's riverine route (blue).
Chen Cheng (陈诚 ; 陳誠 ; Chén Chéng ; Ch'en Ch'eng ) (1365–1457),
courtesy name Zilu (子鲁),
pseudonym Zhushan (竹山), was a Chinese
diplomat known for his overland journeys into
Central Asia during the
Ming dynasty . His travels were contemporaneous to the
treasure voyages of the admiral
Zheng He .
Life
Chen was born in 1365 in
Linchuan County ,
Jiangxi province. He obtained the positions of
juren (举人) and
jinshi (進士) in 1393 and 1394 respectively after taking the
imperial examination .
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In 1396, Chen was sent on a diplomatic mission to the western region of
Qaidam to establish border defence. In 1397, he was sent by the
Hongwu Emperor as an envoy to
Vietnam . From 1406 to 1411, he served in the Wenyuange (文渊阁), the imperial library in the
Forbidden City , as an editor of the
Yongle Encyclopedia .
Buddhist idols and temples in
Turfan were described in 1414 by Chen Cheng.
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In 1414, 1416 and 1420, Chen Cheng led a Ming mission to the court of the
Timurid dynasty at
Samarkand .
Works by Chen Cheng
Travel in the Western Region
Xi yu fan guo zhi , "A Record of the Barbarian Countries in the Western Region."
See also
Notes
References
F. J. Hecker, A fifteenth-century Chinese diplomat in Herat, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 3rd series p85-91, 1993.
Hecker, Felicia J. (1993). "A Fifteenth-Century Chinese Diplomat in Herat". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society . 3 (1): 85–98.
doi :
10.1017/S1356186300003692 .
JSTOR
25182641 .
S2CID
153758529 .
Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry (2002),
Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle , University of Washington Press,
ISBN
0-295-98124-5
Goodrich, L. Carrington; Tay, C.N. (1976), "Ch'en Ch'eng", in Goodrich, L. Carrington; Fang, Chaoying (eds.),
Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644. Volume I (A-L) , Columbia University Press, pp. 144–145,
ISBN
0-231-03801-1
Rossabi, Morris (1976). "Two Ming Envoys to Inner Asia". T'oung Pao . 62 (1/3): 1–34.
doi :
10.1163/156853276X00016 .
JSTOR
4528048 .
Chinese travellers and explorers
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