Download or read book The Travels of an Alchemist written by Li Chih-Ch'ang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book The Travels of an Alchemist The Journey of the Taoist Ch ang Ch un from China to the Hindukush at the Summons of Chingiz Khan written by Li Chih-Ch'ang and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1935, this a translation of the original Chinese text. The book follows Ch'ang-Ch'un through the crowded Chinese plains, through Mongolia, Samarkand and Afghanistan. It is a fascianting travelogue and an intriguing insight in to medieval Taoism. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: Sources Sun Hsi's Preface to the Hsi Yu Chi Translation of Hsi Yu Chi Appendix Index Map

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