Daoyi Zhilüe (島夷誌略 Dǎo Yí Zhì Lüè) or Daoyi Zhi (島夷誌 Dǎo Yí Zhì) which may be translated as A Brief Account of Island Barbarians or other similar titles, is a book written c. 1339 by Yuan Dynasty Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan recounting his travels to over a hundred places in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. The book was written in present-day Sri Lanka. It described the weather, products, people, and customs of the places that Wang Dayuan visited.

The timeline for Wang Dayuan's life and travels is:

• 1311 - born

• 1330 - sailed for the first time from Quanzhou

• 1334 - returned to China

• 1337 - sailed for the second time from Quanzhou

• 1339 - returned to China

Andaya and Andaya write that Dao Yi Zhi Lue provides more information on areas east of the Malay Peninsula than any other Yuan dynasty source. According to the postscript Wang Dayuan visited all the places described. However, Park notes that 90% of the text is devoted to Southeast Asia and that Wang does not give details of his route and itinerary to West Asia. However, Deng states that Wang Dayuan's account is consistent with later Ming Dynasty accounts of Zheng He's travels. There is currently no full English translation of the book but the Chinese version is available online. Partial translations however are available.

《島夷誌略》原稱《島夷誌》是由元代航海家汪大淵于元順帝至正九年（1349~1350年）為當時市舶司所在地清源縣（今天泉州）的縣誌（《清源續志》）所著的附錄。後來汪大淵將《島夷志》簡化名為《島夷志略》，在他的故鄉江西南昌刻印刻單行本。《島夷誌略》記述汪大淵在1330年和1337年二度飄洋過海親身經歷的南洋和西洋二百多個地方的地理、風土、物產，是一部重要的中外交通史文獻。

《島夷誌略》記述澎湖、琉求國、三島、麻逸、無枝拔、龍涎嶼、交趾、占城、民多郎、賓童龍、真臘、丹馬令、日麗、麻里魯、遐來忽、彭坑、吉蘭丹、丁家盧、戎、羅衛、羅斛、東衝古剌、蘇洛鬲、針路、八都馬、淡邈、尖山、八節那間、三佛齊、嘯噴、浡泥、明家羅、暹、爪哇、重迦羅、都督岸、文誕、蘇祿、龍牙犀角、蘇門傍、舊港、龍牙菩提、毗舍耶、班卒、蒲奔、假裡馬打、文老古、古里地悶、龍牙門、東西竺、急水灣、花面、淡洋、須文答剌、僧加剌、勾欄山、特番里、班達里、曼佗郎、喃誣哩、北溜、下里、高郎步、沙里八丹、金塔、東淡邈、大八丹、加里那、土塔、第三港、華羅、麻那裡、加將門裡、波斯離、撻吉那、千里馬、大佛山、須文那、萬里石塘、小埧喃、古里佛、朋加剌、巴南巴西、放拜、大烏爹、萬年港、馬八兒嶼、阿里思、哩伽塔、天堂、天竺、層搖羅、馬魯澗、甘埋里、麻呵斯離、羅婆斯、烏爹 等地，共一百篇二百多個地區。

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