Changchun zhenren xiyou ji

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Changchun zhenren xiyou ji ( Chinese  長春 真人 西遊記 , Pinyin Chángchūn zhēnrén xīyóu jì  - "Notes on the journey of the Daoist alchemist Changchun to the West"), which does not match the Buddhist-inspired Xiyouji ( Chinese  西遊記  /  西游记 , Pinyin Xīyóu Jì  - " Notes on the journey to the West ") is a Chinese travelogue written by the Daoist Li Zhichang ( Chinese  李志常 , Pinyin Li Zhichang ) (1193–1278) from the Daoist Quanzhen school ( Chinese  全 真派 , Pinyin Quan Zhen Pai ).

content

The report mainly describes the journey of his teacher Qiu Chuji and his students, their observations on the way through Central Asia to the Mongolian ruler Genghis Khan . You can also learn a lot about the life of Qiu Chuji. It is an important work in researching the history of the early 13th century : the history of Central Asia, Mongolian history , the history of Chinese Daoism, and connections with the West.

The book consists of two volumes (juan), the foreword is from Sun Xi ( Chinese  孫 錫  /  孙 锡 ), the second volume contains an edict of Genghis Khan and other documents. The first volume is recorded that Qiu Chuji invitations Jin (Tatars in northern China) and the Southern Song Dynasty had rejected, he believed that only the Mongolian side possess the heavenly order, so he led 18 of his students in the year 1220 of Shandong off go. (A Mongolian delegation sent to him made his journey easier.)

The journey led through today's Beijing , according to Xuanhua (宣化; Xuande), to the Dalai Only after Hulun Buir and Ulaanbaatar , the Hangayn Nuruu -Gebirge in the Khobdo region , in the Altai , the Dzungaria after luntai county , on the Tian Shan , to Samarkand , to the Iron Gate Pass ( Tiemen Guan ) and other places.

In 1222 they arrived in the Hindu Kush in what is now Afghanistan and had an audience with Genghis Khan. The second volume reported on Qiu Chuji preaching Daoism to Genghis Khan three times, then followed him back to Mongolia. Meanwhile, Qiu Chuji tried several times to persuade Genghis Khan to refrain from killing. In 1223 Qiu Chuji gave up his office, in 1224 they reached Yanjing (today's Beijing ), where he was the director of the Tianchang guan or “ White Cloud Temple ”.

This book was hidden in ancient Taoist book collections for a long time until Qian Daxin discovered it in the Qianlong era of the Qing period in the Xuanmiao Guan (玄妙观Xuánmiào Guān ) temple in Suzhou , from which time it received greater attention. Today it is as well known as the famous Chinese travel books Foguo ji (佛 国 记 Fóguó jì) by Faxian (法 显) and the Da Tang xiyu ji (大唐 西域 记 Dà Táng xīyù jì) by Xuan Zang .

Translations

Older translations of the work are obsolete by those by Arthur Waley in the collection The Broadway Travelers .

Prints and editions

The work is contained in the Daoist canon , also in the Lianyunyi congshu (连 筠 簃 丛书) by Zhang Mu . The geographic studies by Ding Qian (丁 谦) and the commentary by Wang Guowei (王国维) are important scientific contributions by Chinese historians to the development of the work.

Chinese literature

literature

  • Arthur Waley (translator): The Travels of an Alchemist. The Journey of the Taoist Ch'ang-ch'un from China to the Hindukush at the Summons of Chingiz Khan, Recorded by His Disciple Li Chih-ch'ang . Reprinted. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1963.
  • Emil Bretschneider : Mediæval Researches from Eastern Asiatic Sources . (New York: Barnes & Noble, 1888) Volume I digitized (excerpt)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ on the special content, see Yelü Chucai (耶律楚材) (1189–1243): Xuanfeng qinghui lu (玄风 庆 会 录)

Web links