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Fusang
Fusang (扶桑) was described by a Buddhist missionary, Hoei-Shin (慧深) in 499 AD, as a place 20,000 Chinese miles to the east of China. That would've put him right on the west coast of Mexico. The description of the plants and people in the strange land led some scholars to believe that the Chinese had visited America a thousand years before Columbus.
Traditionally, Fusang refers to a mysterious land in the East. A less ambitious, yet common intepretation of the term is Japan. (扶桑 is pronounced Fuso in Japanese language.)
See also
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- Description of Fusang in ancient Chinese literature 《梁書•五十四•列傳四十八》 in Big5 Chinese
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