徐兢

Xú Jīng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Xu Jing, Northern Song dynasty scholar-official and diplomat, author of the illustrated travelogue 'Xuanhe Fengshi Gaoli Tujing' on his 1123 mission to Goryeo Korea

About Xu Jing

1091–1153 · 外交家 diplomat

Song dynasty official who went on an embassy to Goryeo Korea in 1123 and wrote 宣和奉使高丽图经, an account whose pictures are lost but whose text is a main source on Goryeo life.

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Examples

HSK 4

徐兢出使高丽后写下了《宣和奉使高丽图经》。

Xú Jīng chūshǐ Gāolí hòu xiěxià le 《 Xuānhé Fèngshǐ Gāolí Tújīng 》.

After his mission to Goryeo, Xu Jing wrote the 'Illustrated Account of the Xuanhe Mission to Goryeo'.

HSK 7-9

徐兢的记录是研究高丽王朝的重要史料。

Xú Jīng de jìlù shì yánjiū Gāolí wángcháo de zhòngyào shǐliào.

Xu Jing's records are important historical material for studying the Goryeo dynasty.

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history

The title word 图经 means 'illustrated account': 徐兢, a painter and calligrapher, drew what he saw in Kaesong. The drawings were lost when the Jurchens took Kaifeng in 1127, but his nephew's 1167 printing kept 图经 in the title.

Stroke Order

徐 xú

兢 jīng

徐兢