Kang Tai () was a Chinese traveller of most likely
Sogdian origin in the middle of the third century from the state of
Eastern Wu
Wu (Chinese language, Chinese: 吳; pinyin: ''Wú''; Middle Chinese *''ŋuo'' < Eastern Han Chinese: ''*ŋuɑ''), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a Dynasties of China, dynastic state of China and one of the three major sta ...
. He is known for his travels to
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
in which he became one of the first Chinese, along with
Zhu Ying (), to document the existence of the
kingdom known as
Funan in his book, ''Wushi waiguo zhuan'' (, ''Accounts of foreign states in Wu times''). He was reportedly impressed with the accomplishments of Funan as well as with its capital city and reported that the written language of Funan bore similarities to Indian script.
See also
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Chinese exploration
References
Eastern Wu writers
People from Funan
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