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Chen Shan: Men Shi Xin Yu; (Casual new Talks) (d1160)

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Taken from: The Earliest Muslim Communities in China ; Wan Lei

Yuan 4

…..one can get real ambergris from the fan-xiang (foreigners district in the town)

Note: with this he gives evidence that the Chinese did not know of ambergris being present on their own coasts; but that it got all imported.