{"product_id":"miscellany-of-the-south-seas-a-chinese-scholars-chronicle-of-shipwreck-and-travel-through-1830s-vietnam-paperback","title":"Miscellany of the South Seas: A Chinese Scholar's Chronicle of Shipwreck and Travel through 1830s Vietnam - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCai Tinglan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKathlene Baldanza\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eZhao Lu\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 \u003ci\u003eMiscellany of the South Seas\u003c\/i\u003e (Hainan zazhu), a vivid account of clothing, food, religious practices, government affairs, and other aspects of daily life in early Nguyễn dynasty Vietnam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCai's encounters with diasporic Chinese show the Hokkien merchant community's penetration into Vietnamese society, while his warm embrace by Nguyễn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCai Tinglan蔡廷蘭(1801-1859) was a scholar from the Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait. Kathlene Baldanza is associate professor of history and Asian studies at Pennsylvania State University and author of \u003ci\u003eMing China and Vietnam: Negotiating Borders in Early Modern Asia\u003c\/i\u003e. Zhao Lu is assistant professor of global China studies at NYU Shanghai and author of \u003ci\u003eIn Pursuit of the Great Peace: Han Dynasty Classicism and the Making of Early Medieval Literati Culture\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754027122976,"sku":"9780295751672","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bde401a15c39a9dc4c3f99e4c93237e5.webp?v=1780031774","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/miscellany-of-the-south-seas-a-chinese-scholars-chronicle-of-shipwreck-and-travel-through-1830s-vietnam-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}