1st Edition
The Travels of an Alchemist The Journey of the Taoist Ch'ang-Ch'un from China to the Hundukush at the Summons of Chingiz Khan
By Li Chih-Ch'ang
Copyright 2005
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Sources; Chapter 3 Sun Hsi's Preface; Chapter 4 The Travels of an Alchemist;
Biography
Li Chih-Ch'ang
