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A Record of Cambodia

- The Land and Its People
Af: Daguan Zhou Engelsk Paperback

A Record of Cambodia

- The Land and Its People
Af: Daguan Zhou Engelsk Paperback
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Only one person has given us a first-hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 1296–97 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day Zhou’s description of the royal palace, sacred buildings, women, traders, slaves, hill people, animals, landscapes, and everyday life remains a unique portrait of thirteenth-century Angkor at a time when its splendors were still intact.

Very little is known about Zhou Daguan. He was born on or near the southeastern coast of China, and was probably a young man when he traveled to Cambodia by boat. After returning home he faded into obscurity, though he seems to have lived on for several decades. Much of the text of Zhou’s book has been lost over the centuries, but what remains gives us a lively sense of Zhou the man as well as of Angkor.

In this edition, Peter Harris translates Zhou Daguan’s work directly from Chinese to English to be published for the first time. Earlier English versions depended on a French translation done over a century ago, and lost much of the feeling of the original as a result. This entirely new rendering, which draws on a range of available versions of the Zhou text, brings Zhou’s many observations vividly and accurately back to life. An introduction and extensive notes help explain the text and put it in the context of the times.

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Only one person has given us a first-hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 1296–97 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day Zhou’s description of the royal palace, sacred buildings, women, traders, slaves, hill people, animals, landscapes, and everyday life remains a unique portrait of thirteenth-century Angkor at a time when its splendors were still intact.

Very little is known about Zhou Daguan. He was born on or near the southeastern coast of China, and was probably a young man when he traveled to Cambodia by boat. After returning home he faded into obscurity, though he seems to have lived on for several decades. Much of the text of Zhou’s book has been lost over the centuries, but what remains gives us a lively sense of Zhou the man as well as of Angkor.

In this edition, Peter Harris translates Zhou Daguan’s work directly from Chinese to English to be published for the first time. Earlier English versions depended on a French translation done over a century ago, and lost much of the feeling of the original as a result. This entirely new rendering, which draws on a range of available versions of the Zhou text, brings Zhou’s many observations vividly and accurately back to life. An introduction and extensive notes help explain the text and put it in the context of the times.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 184
ISBN-13: 9789749511244
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 9749511247
Kategori: Asiatisk historie
Udg. Dato: 18 okt 2007
Længde: 12mm
Bredde: 143mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP
Oplagsdato: 18 okt 2007
Forfatter(e): Daguan Zhou
Forfatter(e) Daguan Zhou

Kategori Asiatisk historie

ISBN-13 9789749511244

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 184

Udgave

Længde 12mm

Bredde 143mm

Højde 210mm

Udg. Dato 18 okt 2007

Oplagsdato 18 okt 2007

Forlag Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP

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