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Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools
The History of Travel Literature in Imperial China
First-hand accounts of travel provide windows into places unknown to the reader, or new ways of seeing familiar places. In Jade Mountains and Cinnabar Pools, the first book-length treatment in English of Chinese travel literature...
ISBN: 9780295744476
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Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon Sea
The Natural World and Material Culture of Twelfth-Century China
Fan Chengda (1126-1193) was a high-ranking Chinese government official in Guangxi, an experienced traveler, a keen observer, and a gifted writer. His observations on a wide range of subjects are always interesting and revealing, and...
ISBN: 9780295990798
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