Liang Shu Zhuyi Zhuan (Accounts of the Various Foreign Peoples in the Book of Liang) 梁書 諸夷傳 · Yao Silian · 636 (Tang, 10th year of the Zhenguan era) · 1 passages · 103 Chinese characters · reading time 0.4 min
Liang Shu Zhuyi Zhuan (Accounts of the Various Foreign Peoples in the Book of Liang) Complete in one volume Thirty-six kingdoms as the Liang of the Southern dynasties saw them. The memorial in which King Muryeong of Baekje announced that his land had become a strong kingdom once more; the record in which Silla first appears under its own name; the tale of the Buddha's hair and the stupa of King Ashoka; and the legends from the far end of the sea, of Fusang and the Kingdom of Women — from the Southern Sea to the Western Regions, this is the broadest of all the accounts of the various foreign peoples.
Among the kingdoms of the Eastern Yi, Joseon is the greatest. It received the teaching of Gija, and it is said that in its vessels and implements something of rites and music still remains. In the time of Wei, the Mahan and Jinhan peoples east of Joseon had dealings with China age after age. After Jin (晉) crossed the river, those who came from the east as envoys over the sea were Goguryeo and Baekje, and between Song and Qi they always kept up their tribute duties. When Liang arose there was more of it. Of the kingdom of Fusang (扶桑國) nothing had been heard in former times. In the Putong years there was a man of the way who said that he had come from there, and what he told of its origins was especially full, and so it is recorded here as well.