Daoyi Zhilüe (岛夷志略 Dǎo Yí Zhì Lüè) or Daoyi Zhi (岛夷志 Dǎo Yí Zhì) which may be translated as A Brief Account of Island Barbarians or other similar titles, is a book written c. 1339 by Yuan Dynasty Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan recounting his travels to over a hundred places in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa. The book was written in present-day Sri Lanka. It described the weather, products, people, and customs of the places that Wang Dayuan visited.

The timeline for Wang Dayuan's life and travels is:

• 1311 - born

• 1330 - sailed for the first time from Quanzhou

• 1334 - returned to China

• 1337 - sailed for the second time from Quanzhou

• 1339 - returned to China

Andaya and Andaya write that Dao Yi Zhi Lue provides more information on areas east of the Malay Peninsula than any other Yuan dynasty source. According to the postscript Wang Dayuan visited all the places described. However, Park notes that 90% of the text is devoted to Southeast Asia and that Wang does not give details of his route and itinerary to West Asia. However, Deng states that Wang Dayuan's account is consistent with later Ming Dynasty accounts of Zheng He's travels. There is currently no full English translation of the book but the Chinese version is available online. Partial translations however are available.

《岛夷志略》原称《岛夷志》是由元代航海家汪大渊于元顺帝至正九年（1349~1350年）为当时市舶司所在地清源县（今天泉州）的县志（《清源续志》）所著的附录。后来汪大渊将《岛夷志》简化名为《岛夷志略》，在他的故乡江西南昌刻印刻单行本。《岛夷志略》记述汪大渊在1330年和1337年二度飘洋过海亲身经历的南洋和西洋二百多个地方的地理、风土、物产，是一部重要的中外交通史文献。

《岛夷志略》记述澎湖、琉求国、三岛、麻逸、无枝拔、龙涎屿、交趾、占城、民多郎、宾童龙、真腊、丹马令、日丽、麻里鲁、遐来忽、彭坑、吉兰丹、丁家卢、戎、罗卫、罗斛、东冲古剌、苏洛鬲、针路、八都马、淡邈、尖山、八节那间、三佛齐、啸喷、浡泥、明家罗、暹、爪哇、重迦罗、都督岸、文诞、苏禄、龙牙犀角、苏门傍、旧港、龙牙菩提、毗舍耶、班卒、蒲奔、假里马打、文老古、古里地闷、龙牙门、东西竺、急水湾、花面、淡洋、须文答剌、僧加剌、勾栏山、特番里、班达里、曼佗郎、喃诬哩、北溜、下里、高郎步、沙里八丹、金塔、东淡邈、大八丹、加里那、土塔、第三港、华罗、麻那里、加将门里、波斯离、挞吉那、千里马、大佛山、须文那、万里石塘、小埧喃、古里佛、朋加剌、巴南巴西、放拜、大乌爹、万年港、马八儿屿、阿里思、哩伽塔、天堂、天竺、层摇罗、马鲁涧、甘埋里、麻呵斯离、罗婆斯、乌爹 等地，共一百篇二百多个地区。

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