Zhao Rukuo

Zhao Rukuo^[1]^[2] (simplified Chinese: 赵汝适; traditional Chinese: 趙汝适; pinyin: Zhào Rǔkuò; 1170–1231), also romanised as Zhao Rugua,^[3] Chau Ju-kua,^[4] or misread as Zhao Rushi,^[5] was a Chinese government official and writer during the Song dynasty. He wrote a two-volume book titled Zhu Fan Zhi. The book deals with the world known to the Chinese in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries;^[6] the first volume is a list of foreign places with descriptions of each place and the customs of its local people.^[7] The second volume is a catalog of trade goods.

^ Fan & Hargett 2011
^ "Zhao Rukuo". Encyclopædia Britannica.
^ Park 2012, pp. 50–52
^ Hirth & Rockhill 1911, p. V
^ Zheng 2011, p. 209
^ "Old Chinese Book Tells of the World 800 Years Ago; Chau-Ju-Kua's Chronicles of the Twelfth Century, Now First Translated, Give a "Description of Barbarous Peoples Picked Up by This Noted Inspector of Foreign Trade and Descendant of Emperors". New York Times. December 29, 2012.
^ Cœdès 1968, p. 186

[1] Fan & Hargett 2011

[2] "Zhao Rukuo". Encyclopædia Britannica.

[3] Park 2012, pp. 50–52

[4] Hirth & Rockhill 1911, p. V

[5] Zheng 2011, p. 209

[6] "Old Chinese Book Tells of the World 800 Years Ago; Chau-Ju-Kua's Chronicles of the Twelfth Century, Now First Translated, Give a "Description of Barbarous Peoples Picked Up by This Noted Inspector of Foreign Trade and Descendant of Emperors". New York Times. December 29, 2012.

[7] Cœdès 1968, p. 186

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