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Public opinion has demanded that the Chinese ruling circles prove when and how the
Chinese state took possession of the two archipelagoes of "Xisha" and "Nansha". The
Chinese authorities, however, have failed to provide an answer. They had to resort to a
general statement that "the governments of various Chinese dynasties had continuously
exercised their jurisdiction over these two archipelagoes", and with a view to proving that,
they have cited a number of events taking place during the whole period from the 11th to the
19th century, of which the following three are emphasized :
The first event: In the above-mentioned do*****ent of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, what follows is said to be an excerpt from Wujing Zongyao, a book written in the
reign of King Renzong (1023-1063) of the Northern Sungs : The Court "orders that royal
troops be dispatched to build and defend the bases of maritime patrol in Guangnan (i.e.
present day Guangdong)" and "that combat ships be built"... "if from, Tunmenshan one
avails oneself of the east wind and takes the southwest route one will reach Jiuru Lozhou in
seven days." The Chinese Foreign Ministry do*****ent considers Jiuru Lozhou to be the
"Xisha archipelago" and concludes that "The Court of the Northern Sungs had placed the
Xisha archipelago under its administration and that "Chinese naval units had patrolled the
area of the Xisha archipelago".
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In fact, the original Wujing Zongyao had this to say about the abovementioned
event:
"...Orders that royal troops be dispatched to build and defend the bases
of maritime patrol in the Eastern and Western sea-habours, which are 280
truongs (41) in width, and which are about 200 li from Tunmenshan (42), and that
warships be built"... "If from Tunmenshan one avails oneself of the east wind
and takes the southwest route one will reach Jiuru Lozhou in seven days and
if proceeding further, one will reach Pulaoshan (in the Kingdom of Huanzhou (43)
within 3 days : and about 300 li further southwards from that point is Lingshandong
region. To the southwest of Ungshandong are the Kingdoms of Dashifu,
Sizi and Tianzhu (44) where no one had any idea of how long a voyage to these
Kingdoms would take" (45).
Clearly the above excerpt from Wujing Zhongyao mentions on the one hand
the order of the Court of the Northern Sungs on the establishment of bases for
maritime patrol in Guangzhou Harbour, and on the other hand describes the positions
of these bases and the sea-routes from Guangzhou to the Indian Ocean, and
not a single line of the afore-said passage suggests that Chinese naval units made
patrol tours to the vicinity of the "Xisha" archipelago. The do*****ent of the Chinese
Foreign Ministry, indeed, re-arranges the words of the quoted passage (which
are here-above quoted) with no other aims than serving the expansionist design
of the Chinese authorities with regard to the Hoang Sa archipelago (46).
The second event: The do*****ent of the Chinese Foreign Ministry mentions
the astronomical surveys conducted by the Yuan dynasty in the "South Sea" to
conclude that "the Xisha archipelago lies within Chinese territory under the
Yuan".
Nevertheless, in Yuanshi, the official history of the Yuan dynasty, the astronomical
surveys conducted during the early years of the Yuan dynasty are describes
as follows :
"The measurements of shadows cast by the sun in the Four Seas were carried
out at twenty-seven points including Kaoli in the East, Tianchi in the West, Zhuya
in the South and Tiele in the North."
in here: THE HOANG SA AND TRUONG SA VIETNAMESE TERRITORIES - Di?n ?àn Hoàng Sa
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