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active 1692 Risheng Jiang
Best known for Taiwan Wai Ji (External Notes of Taiwan), this late-17th-century Chinese writer is remembered for preserving a detailed account of Taiwan during the Zheng family era. Even though very little biographical information survives, the work itself made him an important source for later readers of Taiwan's early history.
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臺灣外紀
by active 1692 Risheng Jiang
About the author
Risheng Jiang, also known as 江日昇, is listed in library and public-domain records as a Chinese author active around 1692. He is chiefly associated with Taiwan Wai Ji (臺灣外記), a historical work on Taiwan that focuses on the Zheng period and the wider Ming–Qing transition.
Catalog and archive records consistently identify him as the author of Taiwan Wai Ji, and some later records also connect his name with editions or related historical texts from the early 18th century. Beyond that, dependable biographical details are scarce, so modern summaries usually know him through his writing rather than through a well-documented life story.
That scarcity of personal information makes his surviving work all the more valuable. For readers interested in early Taiwan history, Jiang stands out as one of those authors whose reputation rests on a single enduring text that continued to be preserved, reprinted, and cataloged long after his own lifetime.