Yiwu Zhi

Yiwu Zhi
A page from the Record of Foreign Matters
Chinese	异物志
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yiwu Zhi

The Yiwu Zhi or Record of Foreign Matters, also known as the Jiaozhou Yiwu Zhi (交州异物志), Nanyi Yiwu Zhi (南裔异物志), Jiaozhi Yiwu Zhi (交趾异物志) and Yangyilang Zhushu (杨议郎著书) amongst others, is a treatise written by Eastern Han court advisor Yáng Fú (杨孚)^[a] covering the people, geography, fauna, rice cultivation, fruit, trees, grass, bamboo, insects and fish of the South China Sea region. It is the first written Chinese account of the Lingnan area's produce, production methods and aboriginal customs and uses a detailed methodology that would be adopted as standard by later works of this genre including the Nanfang Caomu Zhuang, Linhai Shuishang Yiwu Zhi (临海水上异物志), Nanzhou Yiwu Zhi (南州异物志), Hainan Yiwu Zhi (凉州异物志), Bashu Yiwu Zhi (巴蜀异物志), Funan Yiwu Zhi (扶南异物志), Lingnan Yiwu Zhi (岭南异物志), Nanzhong Bajun Yiwu Zhi (南中八郡异物志), Guangzhou Yiwu Zhi (广州异物志), and Lingbiao Luyi (岭表录异).^[1]

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