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*''Written: c. 297 CE''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 魏志 ''(Wèi zhì / Gi shi)''
The ''Wei zhi'' ("Records of Wei"), compiled around 297 CE, is the official dynastic history of the Chinese kingdom or dynasty of [[Cao Wei]]. The document is of particular significance as containing a relatively extensive contemporaneous description of the political or social structures, and social or cultural lifestyles, of the people of [[Yayoi period]] Japan. It is this description which serves as the chief textual account of [[Himiko]] and [[Yamatai]].
The text, which refers to Japan as "Wa," describes it as ....
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==References==
*David Lu, ''Sources of Japanese History'', New York: McGraw-Hill (1973), 4.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Yayoi Period]]
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 魏志 ''(Wèi zhì / Gi shi)''
The ''Wei zhi'' ("Records of Wei"), compiled around 297 CE, is the official dynastic history of the Chinese kingdom or dynasty of [[Cao Wei]]. The document is of particular significance as containing a relatively extensive contemporaneous description of the political or social structures, and social or cultural lifestyles, of the people of [[Yayoi period]] Japan. It is this description which serves as the chief textual account of [[Himiko]] and [[Yamatai]].
The text, which refers to Japan as "Wa," describes it as ....
{{stub}}
==References==
*David Lu, ''Sources of Japanese History'', New York: McGraw-Hill (1973), 4.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Yayoi Period]]