China and the Edges of the World

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China
Pliny mentions the Seres, who are perhaps an ethnic group of the Chinese, who are considered gentle but shun contact with other humans and wait to be approached by others for reasons of commerce. (Pliny 20.54 = RECW p. 295) According to an ambassador from Taprobone (Sri Lanka), Chinese merchants “make harsh sounds with their mouths and use no language for trade”.

Cunocephaloi
Ctesias: There are people who are called the Cunocephaloi who, “Clothe themselves in fine, smoothed, leather, not animal furs. The wealthiest among them, few in number, dress in linen. . Their sexual behavior is like those of dogs and their newly born offspring are extremely strange in appearance for they have no anus. Instead, “They have fleshy haunches at the hip and the orifice develops as they grow up. It is said that they urinate a substance similar to cheese that is not entirely solid, but is thick,”.

Chinese Sources on Rome
Chinese sources call the Roman empire Daqin.