Transformative Journeys: Travel and Culture in Song China

by Cong Ellen Zhang

During the Song (960-1279), all educated Chinese men traveled frequently, journeying long distances to attend school and take civil service examinations. They crisscrossed the country to assume government posts, report back to the capital, and return home between assignments and to attend to family matters. Based on a wide array of texts, Transformative Journeys analyzes the impact of travel on this group of elite men and the places they visited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824833996
• ISBN13: 9780824833992
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"