Miscellany of the South Seas : : A Chinese Scholar’s Chronicle of Shipwreck and Travel through 1830s Vietnam / / Cai Tinglan ; translated and introduced by Kathlene Baldanza and Zhao Lu

• Autore: Cai Tinglan <1801-1859, >
• Pubblicazione: University of Washington Press, 2023; Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , [2023]; ©[2023]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 pages)
• Disciplina: 915.9704
• Soggetto topico: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies
• Soggetto geografico: Vietnam Description and travel 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Soggetto non controllato: SOC008020
• Persona (resp. second.): ZhaoLu; BaldanzaKathlene
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Note on Translation -- Miscellany of the South Seas -- Zhou’s Foreword -- Liu’s Foreword -- First Dedication -- Second Dedication -- Record of Peril on the High Seas -- Travelogue of the Fiery Wasteland -- Vietnam Chronicle -- Postscript One -- Postscript Two -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1835 young Chinese scholar Cai Tinglan was caught in a typhoon while sailing across the Taiwan Strait. He and his shipmates spent a harrowing week at sea before drifting to the coast of central Vietnam. With an escort of Vietnamese soldiers, Cai traveled north along the famous "Mandarin Road," meeting governors-general of each province he passed through along his overland journey to Fujian Province in China. Cai documented his experiences in Miscellany of the South Seas (Hainan zazhu), a vivid account of clothing, food, religious practices, government affairs, and other aspects of daily life in early NguyN77;n dynasty Vietnam. Cai's encounters with diasporic Chinese show the Hokkien merchant community's penetration into Vietnamese society, while his warm embrace by NguyN77;n officials illustrates a shared elite world of classical culture across international borders. In this first English translation, Kathlene Baldanza and Zhao Lu provide a comprehensive introduction that puts Cai's account in social, political, and economic context, along with extensive annotation and a glossary.
• Titolo autorizzato: Miscellany of the South Seas
• ISBN: 0-295-75168-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910734401103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II