Sanfoqi as Angkor/Cambodia

Although we lack the language expertise and familiarity with Chinese and Southeast Asian sources for early Southeast Asian history, we find Liam Kelley's work fascinating for its questioning of the Srivijaya narrative. In particular, his article, "Rescuing History from Srivijaya: The Fall of Angkor in the Ming Shilu (Part 1) raises a number of interesting questions about the decline of the Angkor Cambodian state. Instead of following the traditional narrative that connected the Sanfoqi of Chinese sources to Srivijaya, Kelley instead demonstrates how it was likely referring to Cambodia and its Angkor kingdom. We eagerly await Part 2 of his article to see how Siamese and Cambodian chronicles that cover the 14th and 15th centuries support Kelley's identification of Sanfoqi with Angkor and the periods of Siamese and Javanese influence in the region.