Authors

Chi Li

Volume and Number

Occasional Paper No. 3

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Publication Date

1971

Managing Editor

Henry G. Schwarz

Publisher

Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University

City

Bellingham, Washington

Description

The Love of Nature: Hsü Hsia-k'o and his Early Travels, by Li Chi: I have enjoyed the diaries of Hsü Hsia-k'o for many years; never dilettantish, he was a veteran traveler and a thorough observer. The factual quality of his writing convinces me that his information is reliable as much as his disdain of affection, although often suggesting simplicity, ensures that his writing will always be fresh. Although all his diaries can be read with equal interest, those written during mountain visits are the most rewarding and important. They have a single focus and thus avoid the tediousness of, for example, the diaries written in Kweichow and Yünnan. Moreover, readers will find greater pleasure in the descriptions of the great mountains because their monasteries, academies and ruins, known through poetry and prose to generations of Chinese, form a vital part of China's cultural history. An awareness of this linkage should help readers in making their study of Chinese literature more intelligent and meaningful. Although the geographical information in these diaries is less important, a student of geography may find something of Interest. I have prepared this translation primarily, however, for the general reader interested in the natural scenery of China and for the student of literature concerned about a significant portion of the field in which Chinese literature was created.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25710/3z54-cj11

Publisher (Digital Object)

Resources made available by the Special Collections, Heritage Resources, and Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Type

Text

OCLC Number

258435

Geographic Coverage

China--Description and travel

Disciplines

Chinese Studies | East Asian Languages and Societies

Keywords

Hsü Hsia-k'o, China's cultural history, Chinese literature

Document Type

Book

Rights

Copyright 1971 the Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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