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Daoist Master Changchun's Journey to the West
To the Court of Chinggis Qan and Back
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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.
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.
Über den 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 296
ISBN-13: 9780197668375
ISBN-10: 0197668372
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Zhichang, Li
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Inc
Maße: 243 x 170 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Li Zhichang
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.12.2023
Gewicht: 0,561 kg
preigu-id: 126924242
Über den 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 296
ISBN-13: 9780197668375
ISBN-10: 0197668372
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Zhichang, Li
Hersteller: Oxford University Press Inc
Maße: 243 x 170 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Li Zhichang
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.12.2023
Gewicht: 0,561 kg
preigu-id: 126924242
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