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Kang Tai
Kang Tai was an envoy of Eastern Wu who, with Zhu Ying, was sent by the court of Sun Quan to Funan in mainland South-East Asia in the mid-3rd century. His account of the journey, known through quotations in later works, is one of the earliest descriptions of Funan, recording its founding legend and its trade with India.
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