Jade mountains & cinnabar pools : the history of travel literature in imperial China /

"This broad-ranging study is the first book-length treatment in English or any other European language of Chinese travel literature (youji) as a genre. The material addressed, most of which was written by members of the scholar-official class, extends from the Six Dynasties period (220-581), wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hargett, James M. (James Morris), 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Includes quotations translated into English from the Chinese.
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Special matters and technical terms
  • Chronology of Chinese dynasties and historical periods
  • Introduction
  • Harbingers in the Six Dynasties
  • Articulation in the Tang
  • Maturity in the Song
  • Transition and innovation in the Jīn, Yuan, and early to mid-Ming
  • The golden age of travel writing in the late Ming
  • Postface.