(This source has been summarised and put online by Dr. Sally K. Church with the help of Tina Schivatcheva.) Between 1413 and 1420, Chen Cheng 陳誠 (1365–1457) travelled on three diplomatic missions between China and Herat (in present-day Afghanistan). These missions are remarkable because of the length of the journey (approximately 4,053 miles, or 6,521… Read More »
This text was written by Dr Sally K Church and uploaded by Tina Schivatcheva The Bureau of Interpreters (Siyi guan 四夷館) was founded in 1407 by the Chinese government in Ming times to train diplomats in foreign languages. It was part of the Hanlin Academy and produced vocabularies for a number of languages, including Mongolian,… Read More »
A paper was presented at an international conference at the University of Bonn, Germany, by Dr. Sally Church . Dr. Sally Church has just returned from Bonn, Germany, where she presented at the international conference “Tribute System and Rulership in Late Imperial China”, International Workshop of the SFB 1167 “Macht and Herrschaft – Pre-modern Configurations in… Read More »
As part of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies’ Silk Road Series, Dr. Sally Church will deliver a seminar on the topic ‘Ming-Timurid Relations and the Role of the Chinese Diplomat Chen Cheng’ in Oxford. Chen Cheng travelled on three diplomatic missions to Herat, during the reign of Emperor Yongle (1403-1424) in the Ming period… Read More »