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
(2013)
By:
Li, Chih-Ch'ang
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Hesperides Press : Made available through hoopla, 2013
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781446547632 (electronic bk.) MWT11565157, 1446547639 (electronic bk.) 11565157
LANGUAGE
English
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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
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