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Author:   Li Zhichang ,  Translated by Ruth W. Dunnell (Emerita Professor of Asian History, Emerita Professor of Asian History, Kenyon College) ,  Translated by Stephen H. West (Louis Agassiz Professor of Chinese Emeritus, Louis Agassiz Professor of Chinese Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley) ,  Translated by Shao-yun Yang (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, Denison University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780197668375

ISBN 10:   0197668372
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   18 December 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Table of Weights and Measures of the Early Thirteenth Century Table of Dynasties Finding List for Qiu Chuji's Poems Maps Introduction Daoist Master Changchun's Journey to the West Preface The First Volume In Shandong Departing Shandong At Yanjing Through Juyong Pass to Stay at Longyang Monastery To the Camp of Great Prince Otegin at Hulun Buir Across the Mongolian Plateau to the Qatun's Ordo To the City of Chinqai and into the Yinshan (Tian Shan) Range Through the Yinshan (Tian Shan) Range to Samarkand and the Imperial Camp With the Qan in Afghanistan, Samarkand, and Central Asia The Second Volume Return to the East Return to Yanjing Death and Apotheosis Text-Critical Notes Additional Note Appendices 1. Chinggis Qan's rescript requesting Qiu Chuji to journey to the West 2. Qiu Chuji's request to remain in the Yanjing and Dexing area 3. Edict: Chinggis Qan's response to Qiu Chuji's request for delay 4. Emperor Chinggis Qan's sage directive to all officials 5. Chinggis Qan's sage directive delivered by Alixian 6. Imperial edict from Chinggis Qan conveyed by Jia Chang 7. Shimo [Xiandebu] invites Qiu Chuji to take charge of Tianchang monastery 8. Wang [Juchuan] invites Qiu Chuji to take charge of Tianchang monastery 9. Shimo [Xiandebu] invites Qiu Chuji to reside permanently in Tianchang monastery 10. Disciples who accompanied the Master 11. Four Mongols ordered to escort and protect the Master 12. Record of the Felicitous Encounter with the Mysterious Wind 13. Excerpt from A Disputation of Contrived and False Records 14. Wang Guowei's Preface to his edition of Changchun's Journey List of Sources Consulted and Cited Index

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[The Hsu-Tang Library] will open up a classical tradition that spans millennia, relatively little of which has ever been translated into English. There is a humanity and irreverence to some of these works that readers expecting stuffy, prim Confucian moralizing will find refreshing. * The Wall Street Journal * Changchun's Journey to the West is an important document that reveals conditions in thirteenth-century Central Asia as the Mongols established their empire. * Frances Wood, Times Literary Supplement *

[The Hsu-Tang Library] will open up a classical tradition that spans millennia, relatively little of which has ever been translated into English. There is a humanity and irreverence to some of these works that readers expecting stuffy, prim Confucian moralizing will find refreshing. * The Wall Street Journal *

Author Information

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.

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