Transformative journeys : travel and culture in Song China /

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During the Song (960-1279), all educated Chinese men travelled frequently, journeying long distances to attend school and take civil service examinations. This work analyzes the impact of travel on this group of elite men and the places they visited. In so doing it sheds new light on the nature of C...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhang, Cong, 1967- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2011]
Temas:
960-1279
Scholars > Travel > China > History.
Travel in literature.
Elite (Social sciences)
Savants > Voyages > Chine > Histoire.
Voyage dans la littérature.
Élite (Sciences sociales)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Employees > Travel
Song Dynasty (China)
Travel in literature
China > History > Song dynasty, 960-1279.
China > Officials and employees > Travel > History.
Chine > Histoire > 960-1279 (Dynastie des Song)
China
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A transient life : travel and the Song literati
  • The infrastructure of travel : water routes and official highways
  • Readying for departure : paperwork and procedures
  • Government assistance for official travel : means of transport and lodging
  • Rituals of departure : farewell parties
  • Travelers and their local hosts : receptions, entertainment and their cost
  • Sightseeing and site making : visiting and marking places
  • A famous place in the making : Huangzhou after Su Shi's time.

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