The Travels of an Alchemist

The Journey of the Taoist Ch'ang-Ch'un from China to the Hundukush at the Summons of Chingiz Khan

Li Chih-Ch'ang (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2004
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-34490-6 (ISBN)

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First published in 1931.
Mainly focussing on cultural and geographical aspects, Travels of an Alchemist are unique in their importance as a source for early Mongol history, enabling us as they do to fix with certainty the otherwise obscure and much disputed dates of Chingiz Khan's movements during his Western campaign. The author, a Taoist doctor, left some of the most faithful and vivid pictures ever drawn of nature and society between the Aral and the Yellow Sea.
Waley's introduction provides excellent background information with which to place the Travels in their appropriate historical, social and religious setting.

Li Chih-Ch'ang

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Sources; Chapter 3 Sun Hsi's Preface; Chapter 4 The Travels of an Alchemist;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2004
Übersetzer	The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Naher Osten
ISBN-10	0-415-34490-5 / 0415344905
ISBN-13	978-0-415-34490-6 / 9780415344906
Zustand	Neuware