From Northern Sailor to the Western Regions: Retraveling the Ancient Desert Road
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This book is Lattimore's travelogue from the northern part of the country to the Western Regions in 1926. He was like a Chinese businessman who spoke fluent Chinese and organized a caravan of nine camels. He started from Zhangjiakou and followed the trade routes formed during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, passing through famous coordinates such as Hohhot, Daqingshan, Bailing Temple, Alxa, Ejina River, and Black Gobi, and arrived at the ancient city of Xinjiang. He not only described the beauty of the scenery along the way and the dangers of the trade route, but also focused on those who would not have "left a voice" in history: camel drivers, traders, homeless people, residents along the way... It was this trip that became an opportunity for him to embark on the academic path.
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