Riding the River Home

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-962-996-302-6
Verlag: The Chinese University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Record of a Boat Trip to Wu (Wuchuan lu) is a travel journal written by Fan Chengda, the famous government official and writer of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). In it, Fan recounts his boat journey from Chengdu (Sichuan) to his home near Suzhou (Jiangsu) in the summer and fall of 1177. His trip covered a distance of approximately 1,700 miles and took 122 days to complete, and his journal provides a richly detailed, often fascinating account of the scenic and historic sites he visited during the trip, including the history, literature, art, and religion of the Song dynasty (960-1279). This translation is annotated.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hargett, James

Fan, Chengda

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hargett, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Über Autor(innen)

James M. Hargett is professor of Chinese at the University of Albany, State University of New York.