Ma Duanlin () (1245–1322) was a Chinese historical writer and encyclopaedist. In 1317, during the

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

, he published the comprehensive Chinese encyclopedia '' Wenxian Tongkao'' in 348 volumes. He was born to the family of Southern Song Minister of the East Ma Tingluan, who had an extensive collection of historical documents. From 1273, Ma Duanlin started the compilation of the Wenxian Tongkao using his father's collection and advice. After the death of his father, Ma Duanlin was called to serve the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

and later played an important role in reviving the educational system of China. Ma Duanlin describes

Champa Champa (Cham language, Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, چمڤا; ; 占城 or 占婆) was a collection of independent Chams, Cham Polity, polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day Central Vietnam, central and southern Vietnam from ...

, Chi Tu, Pan Pan, the

Khmer Empire The Khmer Empire was an empire in Southeast Asia, centered on Hydraulic empire, hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Known as Kambuja (; ) by its inhabitants, it grew out of the former civilization of Chenla and lasted from 802 t ...

and the

Kediri Kingdom Kediri Kingdom or Kadiri, also known as Panjalu, was a Hindu-Buddhist Javanese people, Javanese kingdom based in East Java from 1042 until 1222 (1292–1293 under Jayakatwang). This kingdom is centered in the ancient city ''Dahanapura'', des ...

. He describes Jayavarman VII's campaign against

for their 1177 invasion, stating "he decided to wreak terrible vengeance on his enemies, which succeeded in doing after eighteen years of patient dissimulation."

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Wenxian Tongkao "Comprehensive Studies in Administration"
— Chinaknowledge.de. * Tötösy de Zepetnek, Steven, and Jennifer W. Jay
East Asian Cultural and Historical Perspectives: Histories and Society--culture and Literatures.
University of Alberta Research Institute for Comparative Literature and Cross-Cultural Studies, 1997. , Всего страниц: 383 с. 66 * Joseph Peter McDermot
State and Court Ritual in China
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