Study on Ancient Navigation in Kunlun and the South China Sea Examination of the Ancient Kingdom of Samudra

Author: (French) Fei Lang
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Features: We have taken into consideration the need to preserve the original style of the translated work and the coherence of the translation while adapting to the reading habits of contemporary readers, and to comply with current translation naming conventions. For this reissue, the editorial team has made necessary revisions to the original book:
1. Revised layout. The original book was mostly in traditional Chinese vertical printing with dense characters and small font sizes, making it difficult to read. It has now been uniformly converted to simplified Chinese horizontal printing with modern punctuation and appropriately enlarged font sizes.
2. Some original books, such as Pelliot's Studies on the Two Roads of India and Tibet, only had old-style sentence breaks without punctuation. For this reissue, punctuation has been added to each sentence.
3. For foreign names and place names in the book that are followed by the original text, the editorial team has referred to the Handbook of English Translations of Names compiled by Xinhua News Agency and the Handbook of Foreign Place Name Translations compiled by the Chinese Place Name Committee for reference. Names have been either revised or annotated as appropriate based on specific circumstances.
4. Some translations in the book have been slightly adjusted in accordance with a cautious principle, based on current conventions. For example, The Ramayana has been renamed Ramayana, the Dai ethnic group has been changed to the Dai ethnic group, and the Lancang River has been changed to the Lancang River, and so on.
5. Some old editions had appendices with error correction lists prepared by experts. For this reissue, these have been compared one by one, and corrections have been made in the main text to benefit readers.
6. Original printing errors that have been identified have been corrected.