Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"After those seven days’ journey you arrive at a city called Pianfu, a large and important place, with a number of traders living by commerce and industry."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Pianfu is undoubtedly, as Magaillans again notices, P’ing-yang fu. It is the Bikan of Shah Rukh’s ambassadors. [Old P’ing yang, 5 lis to the south] is said to have been the residence of the primitive and mythical Chinese Emperor Yao."