Although Aladdin is a story from the Middle East, the characters in the story are not Arabs or Persians, but China. Based on the author's imagination, China in the story has a strong Islamic color. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, and its unprecedented territory made the Arab Empire think that the East, including today's Afghanistan, was within China's sphere of influence.

There was even a Jewish businessman who bought utensils from Aladdin (he also blackmailed Aladdin), but he didn't mention Buddhists or Confucianism. Everyone in this country has an Arabic name, and its ruler is more like a Persian king than an emperor of China.

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Aladdin's story was compiled into The Arabian Nights by French translator Antoine Garland. An Arab storyteller from Aleppo, Syria told the story of Aladdin, which Garang absorbed and polished after listening.

Garang's diary (1March 25th, 709) records that he met a Maronite named Hannah, who was introduced to Paris by the famous French traveler paul lukas from Aleppo. Garang's diary also said that his translation of Aladdin was completed during the period of1709–10, which was arranged in the ninth and tenth volumes of Arabian Nights and published in 17 10.

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