Chinese Annals of Batavia, the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Other Stories (1610-1795)

Leonard Blussé, Ph.D. (Leiden 1986), is Professor Emeritus of the History of Asian-European Relations at Leiden University. He has published many monographs, source publications and articles on the history of East and Southeast Asia.Nie Dening, Ph.D. (Xiamen 1990), is Professor of the History of Sino-Foreign Relations at Xiamen University. He has published extensively in Chinese historical journals and has edited Chinese historical sources about Overseas Chinese including The Chinese Council of Batavia Archives Series (Xiamen University Press, 2002-2017).

• ContentsGeneral Series Editor’s ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsPart 1: Introductory Material1 A Historical Sketch of Batavia in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries2 A Chinese Urban Society in the Tropics3 Chinese Sources for the History of the Chinese Community in Batavia4 Critical Comments on Kai Ba Lidai Shiji and Its Genesis5 A Diachronic Overview of the Contents the Kai Ba Lidai Shiji6 Editorial Notes on the Sources Kai Ba Lidai ShijiPart 2: The Chinese Annals of BataviaA Chinese Chronicle of the Historical Events at Yaolaoba (Gelapa)Part 3: Accompanying Texts1 Brief Account of Galaba (噶喇吧紀略), by Cheng Sunwo (程遜我)2 Selections from the Biography of Cai Xin (蔡新傳) and from Historical Materials in the First Historical Archive of China Concerning the Debates about Banning the Overseas Trade to the Nanyang during the Qianlong Period3 Selections from The Chinaman Abroad: An Account of the Malayan Archipelago, Particularly of Java, by Ong-Tae-Hae (王大海, Wang Dahai), translated by W.H. Medhurst4 Jialaba (甲喇吧, Galaba), by Gu Sen (顧森)AppendicesAppendix 1: The Appointment of Captain Tsoa WanjockAppendix 2: Name ListsAppendix 3: Glossary of Malay and Dutch Terms in Kaiba Lidai shijiBibliography

"The volume [...] is to be especially commended for making source material available in Englihs in a fine edition". Philip Reissner, in The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol.1 (2), 2019.