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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness: [QB] [b]THE IMPORTATION OF NEGRO SLAVES TO CHINA UNDER THE TANG DYNASTY (A. D. 618-901) By Professor Chang Hsing-lang[/b] (1) The term used to designate Negro Slaves under the T'ang dynasty. Neither the name of Africa nor the term "negro slave" was known in China during the period of the Tang dynasty, but we often encounter the term K'un-lun-nu ("K'un-lun slave") in the individual works of T'ang authors that have come to us as parts of the following Ts'ung-shu ("Collections of Reprints") : "T'ang-jen Shuo-k'uai"; "T'ai-p'ing K'uang-chi"; "Ku-chin Shuo-hai" etc. These works generally describe the K'un-lun-nu as black-skinned folk. Some of the aforesaid authors even use the term K'un-lun adjectivially as a synonym for black-, or dark-skinned. Others use it as an equivalent for "Negro." What then is the meaning of the term K'un-lun, and who were the K'unlan-nu? (2) The location of the Land of K'un-lun. To throw light on the above question, let us take account of what certain ancient Chinese works have to say on this subject : (1) The Lin-yi Kuo Chuan, ("Topography of the Land of Linyi") contained in Book 197 of the Chiu T'ang Shu ("Old Dynastic History of T'ang") says: "The people living to the south of Linyi have woolly hair and black skin, and are commonly known as K'unlun." In the Chen-la Kuo Chuan ("Topography of the Land of Chen-la") contained in the same volume, we find the following: "Chen-la is situated to the north-west of Lin-yi. It was formerly a dependency of Fu Nan. Its inhabitants belong to the race of K'un-lun." In Part II of Book 222 of the Hsin Tang Shu ("New Dynastic History of T'ang"), we read : "P'an-p'an is situated on the Gulf of Nan-hai. To the north it is separated from Huanwang by a strait and it is contiguous to Lang-ya-hsiu . . . Its subject tribes are the P'u-lang-so-lan, the K'un-lun Ti-yeh, the K'un-lun Bo-ho, and the K'un-lun Po-ti-so-kan. The tribe last mentioned is also known as the Ku Lung, which is phonetically akin to K'un-lun." In another part of the same volume, it for the rest of the essay: google the title: THE IMPORTATION OF NEGRO SLAVES TO CHINA UNDER THE TANG DYNASTY (A. D. 618-901) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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