徐兢 (Xújīng): Xu Jing (1091-1153), Northern Song dynasty scholar-official and diplomat, author of the illustrated travelogue 'Xuanhe Fengshi Gaoli Tujing' on his 1123 mission to Goryeo Korea

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1 Xu Jing (1091-1153), Northern Song dynasty scholar-official and diplomat, author of the illustrated travelogue 'Xuanhe Fengshi Gaoli Tujing' on his 1123 mission to Goryeo Korea

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徐兢出使高丽后写下了《宣和奉使高丽图经》。

Xú Jīng chūshǐ Gāolí hòu xiěxiàle《Xuānhé Fèngshǐ Gāolí Tújīng》.

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

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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徐兢's 《高丽图经》 is one of the most detailed foreign accounts of 12th-century Korea that survives — covering Goryeo's customs, clothing, ships, and court ritual. The original illustrations were lost when the Jurchens sacked Kaifeng in 1127, but the text remains a prime source for Korean historians.