Iikiroku (Record of a Foreign Land) (English: Yi-yu-lu; I-yü-lu)

Japanese: 異域録 - いいきろく（英語表記）Yi-yu-lu; I-yü-lu

A travelogue of Siberia written in both Chinese and Manchu by the Manchu Turishen. Published in 1724, the Manchu version is more detailed. In 1712, the Qing Emperor Kangxi dispatched an envoy to Ayuki Khan of Turgut (Turhute) in Volga Kalmykia, who was then a nomadic tribe living north of the Caspian Sea, to encourage him to return to the Qing dynasty. Turishen, who joined the envoy, traveled from the Tora River in Outer Mongolia through the Selenge River, Lake Baikal, the Angara River, the Yenisei River, the Ob River, the Kama River, and the Volga River to Turgut, and in 1715, returned to Beijing. This travelogue details what he saw and heard on the way, as well as his negotiations with Russian authorities. It is a valuable historical document that conveys the actual situation in Siberia in the 18th century.

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Japanese:

満州人トゥリシェンが漢満両文で著わしたシベリア旅行記。 1724年刊。満州文のほうが詳しい。 12年清の康煕帝は当時カスピ海の北方に遊牧していたボルガ・カルムイクのトルグート (土爾扈特)のアユキ・ハンのもとへ，その清朝への帰来をすすめるため使節団を派遣したが，一行に加わったトゥリシェンが外モンゴルのトラ川からセレンゲ川，バイカル湖，アンガラ川，エニセイ川，オビ川，カマ川，ボルガ川を経てトルグートに達し，15年北京に帰着するまでの途中の見聞や，ロシア官憲との交渉を詳しく記した紀行。 18世紀のシベリアの実情を伝える貴重な史料である。

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