有明一代，明朝与西域撒马儿罕往来频繁，关系密切。《明史·西域传·撒马儿罕》（中华书局，１９７４年，下引文同）对此多有反映，且侧重于明朝对撒马儿罕外交政策。惜其记载错讹较多，一些错讹前辈学者已有考证，①但仍有不少内容需要勘证。笔者现将所见撒马儿罕传中的一些 The Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Ming Dynasty and the Western Samarkand rarely frequent contacts, closely related. “Ming and Western Regions Biography Samaritan” (Zhonghua Book Company, 1974, the same citation below) reflect more, and focus on the Ming Dynasty’s foreign policy of the Samaritan. Unfortunately, there are many mistakes in their records. Some of the mistakes made by their predecessors have been verified. However, there are still many contents that need verification. I now see some of the ramshackle