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Africans in Ancient China & Vice Versa, Part 2: -Guest Post by Eccentric Yoruba
Note: This is the second in a four-part series by Eccentric Yoruba, cross-posted with her permission. Part 1 is here. Check out the rest of her Ancient Africa & China series appearing every Friday throughout this month.
Tao Xian purchasing Mo He." Ink sketch by Chen Xu
Kundun Servants as Magical Knight-Errants & Slaves
In my previous post I mentioned that I had read somewhere that two slaves given as gifts to the a Chinese Emperor by an Arab delegation were the first Africans to enter ancient China. This may have been wrong really because dark-skinned people were talked in China as early as the 4th century. They were referred to as kunlun, a term which had many previous meanings but by the 4th century was at attached to the people with dark skin.
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Tao Xian purchasing Mo He." Ink sketch by Chen Xu
Kundun Servants as Magical Knight-Errants & Slaves
In my previous post I mentioned that I had read somewhere that two slaves given as gifts to the a Chinese Emperor by an Arab delegation were the first Africans to enter ancient China. This may have been wrong really because dark-skinned people were talked in China as early as the 4th century. They were referred to as kunlun, a term which had many previous meanings but by the 4th century was at attached to the people with dark skin.
Read more on BeyondVictoriana.com