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Zhang Ji (8th century Tang poet): Kunlun-er (Kunlun-kids)
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Taken from: James K. Chin; Guangdong Archaeology and Early Texts
These children the poem says sailed from an island in the sea on their way to China (haizhong zhou) a barbarian guest (manke) (obviously a foreign merchant) had bought them in Yulinzhou.
After more examples James K. Chin concludes that only from mid-9th century can the Arabs and Persians have shipped some Africans to south China. All earlier mentions of Kunlun nu south apply to Southeast Asian Negritos.