A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Works

CHINESE HISTORICAL SOURCES ON BURMA A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Worksi Sun Laichen Introduction Scholars have long recognized the significance of Chinese historical records for the study of early Southeast Asian history.2 However, these records have heretofore been of only limited use because specific sources relevant to Southeast Asia lie scattered among such a great mass and variety of other materials as to be extremely difficult to locate. To address this problem, Japanese and Chinese scholars in the early 1900s began compiling Chinese historical works. For several decades these efforts were tentative and incomplete; in fact, only with the efforts of Zhao Lingyang et al. in the 1960s (1968[1I], 1976[II])3did systematic documentation 1 This article is dedicated to Professor Chen Yan of Peking University. I thank Prof. Michael Aung-Thwin for encouraging me to introduce these Chinese sources, Dr. John Whitmore and Prof. Victor Lieberman for taking time to read the draft and give suggestions; Prof. Yu Dingbang and Mr. Chen Ruxing (Chen Yi-sein) for providing information on their works and for making suggestions; Mrs. Kazuko Anderson for helping me locate some Japanese materials and translate some Japanese words, Mr. Wan Weiying, and Mr. Chen Xiaofei for helping me locate some Chinese sources. Special thanks go to Prof. Watanabe Yoshinari for checking and correcting my Japanese romanization and translations, for providing suggestions and comments, and for supplying information, to Drs. Geoff Wade and Sylvie Pasquet for reading the draft, giving comments, and supplying materials and information. The following people also provided sources: Wu Yongping, He Ping, He Shengda, MichaelCharney, John Whitmore, Michael Aung-Thwin, Ji Lianfang, and Xie Fang. I also thank Edwin Zehner, Bob Vore, and Bonnie Adamson for their efforts and patience in editing this paper, and Marin Hanson for inputting the Chinese characters. Alfthis generous help has dramatically reducedthe number of mistakes in and enriched the content of this paper. All errors, inaccuracies, and incompleteness, however, remain mine 2 For a general introduction, see Xu Yunqiao (1967[1I]; see footnote 3 for an explanation of the parenthetical citation system (especially as regards the use ofRoman numerals) employed in this paper. 3 As this article includes four separate bibliographies, numbered consecutively I through IV, parenthetical source citations include bracketed Roman numerals (following the date or page number, if any) to indicate in The Journal of Burma Studies Volume 2, Special Issue© 1997 by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University Chinese Historical Sources on Burma begin in earnest.4 Since the 1980s, however, scholars in mainland China have made tremendous progress and have produced a number of comprehensive collections of materials on Southeast Asia, some covering the region as a whole and others focusing on individual countries. Some of the most notable of these works are Zhongguoguji zhong youguan Feilubin ziliao huibian (Zhongshan Daxue Dongnanya Lishi Yanjiusuo 1980[?]); Gudai Zhong Yue guanxi shi ziliao xuanbian (Zhongguo Shehui Kexueyuan Lishi Yanjiusuo 1982[1I]); Zhongguo guji zhong youguan Laozoo ziliao huibian (Jing Zhenguo et al. 1985[1I]); Qing shilu Yuenan, Miandian, Taiguo, Laowo shiliao zhaichao (Yunnan Sheng Lishi Yanjiusuo 1985[1I]); Zhongguo guji zhong youguan Jianpuzhai ziliao huibian (Lujunling and Zhou Shaoquan 1986[1I]); Ming shilu leizuan—shewai shiliao bian (Wang Yude et al. 1991[1I]); and Zhong Yue bianjie lishi ziliao xuanbian (Xiao Dehao and Huang Zheng, et al. 1993[1I]). Other compilations on Burma, Singapore and Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia have been completed and await publication.5 Mention should be made too of the Gudai Nanhai dinting huishi, by Chen Jiarong, Xiefang, and Lu Junling (1986[1I]), which, though not a collection of sources per se, is of great help to anyone seeking Chinese sources for the study of Southeast Asian history. Japanese scholars have also produced compilations of sources (Momoki Shiro 1984-1985[1I]; Onishi Kazuhiko 1991[1I]), but not as many as have Chinese scholars. Apart from fragmentary translations in academic publications, little effort has been made to render these valuable materials into English and other Western languages (Imbault-Huart, M. Camille 1878[IV]; Parker 1893[H], 1894[1I]; Huber 1904 [III]; W. Warry n.d.[II]; Luce 1961[11I]). As a result, scholars who do not read...