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Xu Jing
Xu Jing was a Chinese official of the Song dynasty who travelled to Goryeo as a member of an embassy in 1123. He wrote an illustrated account of the kingdom, the Gaoli tujing, describing its capital, government, customs and crafts. His praise of jade-green Goryeo celadon is a key early source on Korean ceramics.
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