Chen Cheng (Ming dynasty)

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Chen Cheng's voyages in the context of military and diplomatic activities in the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty. Chen Cheng's approximate overland route (as based on the list of destinations in Goodrich & Tay 1976) is in green, along with the maritime route of Zheng He (in black) and the riverine route of Yishiha (in blue).

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.

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 gongshi (贡士) in 1393 and 1394 respectively after taking the imperial examination.[1][2][3]

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 Yongle 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.[4][5]

In 1414, 1416 and 1420, Chen Cheng led a Ming mission to the court of the Timurid dynasty at Samarkand.[6]

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

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Rossabi, Morris. 1976. “Two Ming Envoys to Inner Asia”. T'oung Pao 62 (1/3). BRILL: 18. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4528048?seq=18.
  3. ↑ Hecker, Felicia J.. 1993. “A Fifteenth-century Chinese Diplomat in Herat”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 3 (1). Cambridge University Press: 86. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25182641?seq=2.
  4. ↑ ROSSABI, M.. 1972. “MING CHINA AND TURFAN, 1406-1517”. Central Asiatic Journal 16 (3). Harrassowitz Verlag: 212. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41926952.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Tsai 2002, p. 162.

References

  • F. J. Hecker, A fifteenth-century Chinese diplomat in Herat, Joumal 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). Cambridge University Press: 85–98. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25182641.
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  • Rossabi, Morris. 1976. “Two Ming Envoys to Inner Asia”. T'oung Pao 62 (1/3). BRILL: 1–34. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4528048.
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