Zhao Meng 趙孟頫(d1322)

Barbarian Tribute painting
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Left a Tribute painting from Zhao Meng but not the one mentioned here.


Taken from: 中國 歷代 職貢圖 韓人圖像 인식 The Historical Recognition of China of the Korean Race in Chinese 職貢圖

Zhigong-tu by Jeong, Eun-joo in Journal of Korean Literature in Chinese 2015

 

Zhao Meng painted a 10 scenes of tribute paying countries:

韃靼, 朝鮮, 崑崙層期, 女王, 浡泥, 呂宋(女送), 回鶻, 扶桑, 三佛齊, 暹羅

Dada (1), Chaoxian (Korea)(2), Kunlun-ceng-qi (3), Nu-Wang (4), Bo-ni (5), Lu-Song (Nu-Song)(6), Hui-hu (7), Fusang (8), San-fu-qi (9), Xianluo (10).

(1) 韃靼 Tatars; The Tatars is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar".

(2) 朝鮮 Chaoxian (Korea).

(3) 崑崙層期 Kunlun ceng qi; Madagascar.

(4) 女王 Nu-Wang ; land ruled by women.

(5) 浡泥 Bo-ni; on Sumatra; another is Persia.

(6) 呂宋(女送) Lu-Song (Nu-Song) ; Luzon in the Philippines/ Nu-Song means female???

(7) 回鶻 Hui-hu; Uighur: Uyghur Khaganate or Uyghur Empire was a Turkic empire that existed for about a century between the mid-8th and 9th centuries north of China.

(8) 扶桑  Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan.

(9) 三佛齊 San-fu-qi =Srivijaya was a Buddhist thalassocratic empire based on the island of Sumatra.

(10) 暹羅 Xianluo; Short for 暹羅斛/暹罗斛 (as recorded in the History of Ming), which was a combined name for two states in modern-day Thailand.