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Very little is known of Zhou's biography.

Very little is known of Zhou's biography.

He records that the Yuan established a province in [[Champa]] (southern Vietnam), and send a general and a senior commander there, who were then seized and never returned. In 1295/6, the Yuan Emperor sent an official ambassador to investigate, and to deliver an imperial edict related to the matter; Zhou Daguan was among those who were to accompany the embassy. They departed from the city of Mingzhou in [[1296]]/2, setting sail on 2/20. The embassy arrived in Champa on 3/15, finally making their way to Cambodia in the seventh month (autumn). After spending roughly eleven months in Cambodia, the embassy departed for home in [[1297]]/6, arriving at Mingzhou by 8/12 of that year.

He records that the Yuan established a province in [[Champa]] (southern Vietnam), and sent a general and a senior commander there, who were then seized and never returned. In 1295/6, the Yuan Emperor sent an official ambassador to investigate, and to deliver an imperial edict related to the matter; Zhou Daguan was among those who were to accompany the embassy. They departed from the city of Mingzhou in [[1296]]/2, setting sail on 2/20. The embassy arrived in Champa on 3/15, finally making their way to Cambodia in the seventh month (autumn). After spending roughly eleven months in Cambodia, the embassy departed for home in [[1297]]/6, arriving at Mingzhou by 8/12 of that year.

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