Works of He Changqun (Volume 2) Academic Monographs

Author: He Changqun
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: Historiography is the study of the erudite, the study that unites the ancient and the modern. The ancient often speaks of distance but conveys proximity in meaning. There is no purely objective (research) in the world, nor is there purely subjective discussion. Objectivity and subjectivity are like the mutual inclination of high and low, the harmonization of sound, and the sequence of before and after. This book includes content such as the commercial and cultural exchanges between ancient China and the Western Regions, the geographical environment of the Western Regions and ancient transportation routes, the spread of Buddhism from the Han to the Jin dynasties, the people who traveled westward to seek Dharma before and after Faxian, the motivations of Chinese monks to travel westward to seek Dharma during the era of Faxian, Faxian's departure from Chang'an and crossing the Gobi Desert westward, and passing the Pamir Plateau after observing the image procession ceremony in Juntian.