ISBN:
159477157X
,
9781594771576
Language:
English
Pages:
XXXV, 247 S., [4] Bl.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. U.S. ed.
Uniform Title:
Lao Pu you ji. 〈engl.〉
DDC:
951.04/2092
Keywords:
Blofeld, John Travel
;
China Description and travel
;
Reisebericht
;
Blofeld, John 1913-1987
;
China
;
Geschichte 1930-1949
Abstract:
"The only English translation of John Blofeld's memoirs as a Westerner living in China prior to the Communist Revolution"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Translator's preface: A friend from afar -- A note on the translation -- Translator's introduction: The wheel of life -- Foreword by Huang Li-sung: My lifelong friendship with John Blofeld -- Foreword by Chungliang Al Huang: Old Pu's travel diary -- Author's preface: My ideal Shangri-la -- My preordained destiny to tread the land of the dragon -- The place I love most of all--Peking -- Roaming the famous mountains and monasteries of northern China -- Studying Zen and seeking the Tao while wandering in the southwest -- Travels in Szechuan on my second sojourn in China -- Exotic encounters in southern China -- Souls from distant lands fulfill their distant destinies
Description / Table of Contents:
Translator's preface: A friend from afar -- A note on the translation -- Translator's introduction: The wheel of life -- Foreword by Huang Li-sung: My lifelong friendship with John Blofeld -- Foreword by Chungliang Al Huang: Old Pu's travel diary -- Author's preface: My ideal Shangri-la -- My preordained destiny to tread the land of the dragon -- The place I love most of all--Peking -- Roaming the famous mountains and monasteries of northern China -- Studying Zen and seeking the Tao while wandering in the southwest -- Travels in Szechuan on my second sojourn in China -- Exotic encounters in southern China -- Souls from distant lands fulfill their distant destinies
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2007047366-s.html
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