Li Zhichang

Gebundenes Buch

Daoist Master Changchun's Journey to the West

To the Court of Chinggis Qan and Back

Beschreibung

This volume presents a new and complete translation of the thirteenth-century travel record compiled by Li Zhichang (1193-1255), a disciple of Daoist master Qiu Chuji (1148-1227), detailing the master's round-trip journey from north China to the Hindu Kush in 1221-23, at the invitation of Chinggis Qan. A unique eyewitness account of the early Mongol empire through Chinese eyes, this edition includes all of Qiu's poetry, an appendix of related documents, and concise annotations informed by the latest scholarship.

Autor

One of the disciples selected to accompany Qiu Chuji on his journey to the Hindu Kush, Li Zhichang (1193-1256) went on to become Overseer of Daoists in Yanjing, head abbot of the Monastery of Eternal Spring, and the head instructor and nominal leader of the Quanzhen sect. Ruth W. Dunnell is Professor Emerita of History at Kenyon College and the author of Chinggis Khan: World Conqueror. Stephen H. West is Professor of Chinese Emeritus at Arizona State University. His previous translations include (all with Wilt Idema) Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals: Eleven Early Chinese Plays; Battles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood: Early Chinese Plays on the Three Kingdoms; The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays; and The Record of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language. Shao-yun Yang is Associate Professor of History and director of the East Asian Studies program at Denison University, and the author of The Way of the Barbarians: Redrawing Ethnic Boundaries in Tang and Song China.

Produktdetails

• The Hsu-Tang Library of Classical Chinese Literature
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 170mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780197668375
• ISBN-10: 0197668372
• Artikelnr.: 68058502