Memories of Loyang: Yang Hsüan-Chih and the Lost Capital (493-534)

By W.J.F. Jenner

Yang Hsüan-chih, a former court official in Loyang, wrote a lively and graphic guide-book which is notable as the earliest surviving substantial description of a Chinese city. The author provides a full translation and considers the historical background of the city and the political events that shaped and destroyed it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198215681
• ISBN13: 9780198215684
• Release Date: September 1981
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 314 Pages