[PDF.86nc] Transformative Journeys: Travel and Culture in Song China

Transformative Journeys: Travel and Culture in Song China

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 | #2723592 in Books |  2010-10-21 |  2010-10-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.00 x6.10l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 318 pages

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||12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Chinese travelers in the medieval period|By E. N. Anderson|This excellent book covers every imaginable aspect of travel in Song China (960-1279). Its only problem is the inevitable one that we have little evidence other than the records of highly literate officials. Few others were writing back then. The book therefore covers, especially, poetry and officialdom. To make u

During the Song (960-1279), all educated Chinese men traveled frequently, journeying long distances to attend school and take civil service examinations. They crisscrossed the country to assume government posts, report back to the capital, and return home between assignments and to attend to family matters. Based on a wide array of texts, Transformative Journeys analyzes the impact of travel on this group of elite men and the places they visited.

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