Research Catalog

Title

Treatises of the supervisor and guardian of the Cinnamon Sea : the natural world and material culture of 12th century South China / Fan Chengda ; translation and introduction by James M. Hargett.

Author

Fan, Chengda, 1126-1193

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hargett, James M. (James Morris), 1948-

Description

lxvi, 349 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

China Program book

Uniform Title

• Gui hai yu heng zhi. English
• Project Muse UPCC books
• China Program book

Alternative Title

Gui hai yu heng zhi.

Subjects

• 960-1279
• Diaries
• History
• China > History > Song dynasty, 960-1279
• China > Description and travel
• Fan, Chengda, 1126-1193 > Travel > China > Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Fan, Chengda, 1126-1193 > Diaries
• Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) > Description and travel
• Natural history > China > Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
• Natural resources > China > Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu

Genre/Form

• History
• Diaries

Note

• Translation of: Gui hai yu heng zhi.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Precipice-Grottoes -- Single Elegance Peak -- Reading Cave -- Subduing-the-Waves Precipice -- Folded Brocade Precipice -- White Dragon Grotto -- Liu-the-Immortal's Precipice -- Glorious Scene Grotto -- River and Moon Grotto -- Dragon-in-Hiding Grotto and Dragon-in-Hiding Precipice -- Pheasant Precipice -- Standing Fish Peak -- Perching Aurora Grotto -- Arcane Wind Grotto -- Master Zeng's Grotto -- Standing Screen Precipice -- The Six Grottoes of Hidden Hill -- Northern Concealment Grotto -- Southern Concealment Grotto -- Bodhisattva Precipice -- Hollow Elegance Grotto -- 2. Metals and Stones -- Raw Gold -- Cinnabar -- Mercury -- Stalactites -- Natural Copper -- Malachite -- Talcum -- Lead Powder -- Pyrolusite -- Fossilized Mei-Trees -- Fossilized Cypress Trees -- 3. Aromatics -- Sinking-in-Water Aromatic -- Penglai Aromatic -- Francolin-Spotted Aromatic -- Jian Aromatic -- Bright Aromatic -- Muddy Aromatic -- Aromatic Beads -- Silao Aromatic -- Aligned Grass Aromatic -- Betel Palm Moss -- Olive Aromatic -- Lingling Aromatic -- Crab Shell Aromatic -- 4. Wines -- Auspicious Dew -- Gula Spring -- Vintage Wine -- 5. Implements -- Bamboo Bows -- Li Bows -- Man Crossbows -- Yao People's Crossbows -- Poison Arrows -- Man Armor -- Li Helmets -- Yunnan Knives -- Settlement Knives -- Li Knives -- Man Saddles -- Man Whips -- Flowery-Shell Waist Drums -- Bronze Drums -- Blunderbuss Drums -- Reed Pipes -- Gourd Organs -- Vine Baskets -- Chicken-Fur Writing Brushes -- Linen -- Woven Velvet -- Man Felt -- Li Screens -- Li Sheets -- Betel Palm Boxes -- Nose-Drinking Cups -- Ox-Horn Cups -- Man Bowls -- Bamboo Cauldrons -- Performance Masks -- 6. Birds -- Peacocks -- Parrots -- Cockatoos -- Dark Phoenix -- Hill Mynahs -- Damask Pheasant -- Mountain Phoenix -- Reverse Feathers Fowl -- Long-Crowing Fowl -- Halcyon Kingfishers -- Gray Cranes -- Francolins -- Water Sparrows -- Magic Falcons -- 7. Quadrupeds -- Elephants -- Horses -- Man Horses -- Below-the-Fruit-Tree Horses -- Gibbons -- Man Dogs -- Yulin Dogs -- Dappled Sheep -- Milk Goats -- Cotton Sheep -- Musk Deer -- Civets -- Wind Cats -- Lazy Wives -- Wild Boars -- Voles -- Musk Mice -- Wild Otters -- 8. Insects and Fishes -- Pearls -- Giant Clams -- Pythons -- Hawksbill Turtles -- Centipedes -- Azure Snails -- Parrot Snails -- Cowry Shells -- Fossilized Crabs -- Demon Butterflies -- Black Butterflies -- Barbel Fish -- Shrimp Fish -- Goby Fish -- Celestial Shrimp -- 9. Flowers -- Lantern Festival Reds -- White Crane Flowers -- Southern Camellia -- Red Cardamom Flowers -- Steeping Flowers -- Red Canna Flowers -- Oleander Flowers -- Rangoon Creeper Flowers -- West-of-the-Water Flowers -- Wrapped Mei-Flowers -- Yuxiu Flowers -- Elephant Hoof Flowers -- Royal Jasmine Flowers -- Arabian Jasmine Flowers -- Pomegranate Flowers -- Enhanced-Color Hibiscus Flowers -- Tilting Gold Pot Flowers -- Mandara Flowers -- 10. Fruits -- Lichees -- Longan -- Steamed-Bun Mandarin Oranges -- Kumquats -- Soft Plums -- Stone Chestnuts -- Sweet-Sword Almonds -- Dragon Lichees -- Woody Bamboo Fruit -- Winter Peaches -- Luowang Fruit -- Human Face Fruit -- Black Olives -- Square Olives -- Coconut-Palm Fruit -- Banana Fruit -- Fowl Banana Fruit -- Bud Bananas -- Red-and-Salty Cardamom -- Star Anise -- Indian Gooseberry Fruit -- Carambola Fruit -- Wild Lemon Fruit -- Jackfruit -- Pomelos -- Lugu Fruit -- Rubbing-and-Scratching Nuts -- Earthworm Fruit -- Fiery-Red Pomelos -- Fiery Charcoal Nuts -- Wild Rambutan -- Wild Longan -- Soapberry Fruit -- Mulai Fruit -- Nian Fruit -- Thousand-Year Fruit -- Fiery-Red Jujubes -- Creeping Rambutan Fruit -- Gumi Fruit -- Qiao Fruit -- Creeping He Fruit -- Woody Lotus Fruit -- Luomeng Fruit -- Mao Chestnuts -- Tenai Nuts -- Buna Fruit -- Goat-Droppings Fruit -- Ritou Fruit -- Bishop Tree Fruit -- Wampee Fruit -- Zhuyuan Fruit -- Oblate Peaches -- Fen'gu Fruit -- Tagu Fruit -- Yellow Belly Fruit -- 11. Herbaceous Plants and Trees -- Cinnamon -- Banyan -- Sha Trees -- Sugar Palm Trees -- Xilei Trees -- Rouge Trees -- Jitong -- Longgu Trees -- Fenggao Herb -- Southern Lacquer -- Dang Bamboo -- Abrasive Bamboo -- Human Face Bamboo -- Fishing Line Bamboo -- Mottled Bamboo -- Maotou Bamboo -- Peach Branch Bamboo -- Le Bamboo -- Arrow Bamboo -- Perennial Eggplant -- Bronze Drum Plants -- Big Artemisia -- Rock Hair -- Oblate Vegetables -- Duguan Plants -- Patterned Vines -- Hu Hanging Vines -- Xiuren Tea -- Betel Nuts -- Ebony -- Kapok -- Ju Plants -- 12. Miscellaneous Items -- Snow -- Wind -- Gui River -- Miasma -- Cinnamon Mountain Range -- Vulgar Characters -- Written Documents -- Abducting a Partner -- Fever -- Divination with Chickens -- Qin City -- Numinous Canal -- Chaozong Canal -- Bronze Pillars -- Buddhists and Daoists -- Moon Crops -- Local Militia -- Security Guards -- Stockade Troops -- Settlement Militia -- Bringing Back to Life -- Gu Poison -- 13. The Man Peoples -- Bridle and Halter Counties and Settlements -- Nandan County -- Anhua County -- Border History and Administration -- The Yao -- The Lao -- The Man -- Annan -- Jiaozhi -- The Li -- The Dan -- Dali -- Foreign Lands.

ISBN

• 9780295990781 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0295990783 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9780295990798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0295990791 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010024932

OCLC

• 643569288
• SCSB-11938296

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library