Ennin's Travels in T'ang China
This book, a reconstruction of daily life and ways of thought in China during the ninth century, is based on an extensive travel diary of that time. The diarist Ennin was a Japanese Buddhist monk who went to China in AD 838 in search of new Buddhist texts and further enlightenment in his faith. While journeying through North China, and living in Ch'ang-an, he recorded in detail what he saw and experienced.Edwin O. Reischauer presents-often in Ennin's own words-a series of vignettes of various aspects of life in the Far East in medieval times: embassies and the conduct of international relations, the hazards of sea travel, Ennin's entanglement…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62138-653-7
- EAN: 9781621386537
- Produktnummer: 35339109
- Verlag: Angelico Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 366 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.1 cm 562 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 562
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