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The culture of travel in Song China (960--1276).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The culture of travel in Song China (960--1276)./
Author:	Zhang, Cong.
Description:	296 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: A, page: 3033.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3102739

The culture of travel in Song China (960--1276).
Zhang, Cong.

The culture of travel in Song China (960--1276). - 296 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: A, page: 3033.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2003.

During the Song period (960–1276), Chinese educated men frequently left their native places spending much of their adult life traveling from place to place. The pursuit of examination success and official careers motivated most of this travel. This study examines three aspects of this phenomenon, the material basis of travel and the state's role in mobilizing its elite, the travelers' preoccupations on the road and responses to lives constantly in transit, and the implications of this elite travel for the places visited. My research shows that empire-wide trips taken by scholar-officials were readily supported by a nationwide communication system and generous government assistance. In its intention to exert control of its elite by limiting lengths and locations of service, the Song state provided its scholar-officials with ample opportunities to visit locales other than their native places and the capital. These trips not only prepared Song elite to become local administrators, the constant physical relocation inspired a large amount of literary production, helped build up social networks, and created occasions for sightseeing and physical contacts with places of interests. My research finds that all these were highly valued by Song travelers as means to personal cultivation, scholarly excellence, and concrete connection with China's past. The shared experience of travel also helped to solidify the group identity of the national elite and to distinguish these national scholar-officials from the local elite. The travelers' efforts in representing and refashioning famous sites throughout China created a spatial and visual discourse on China's past. Taken as a whole, Song scholar-officials' preoccupation with sightseeing and marking places reflected their efforts to identify the central elements of their cultural heritage and promote their own legacy, thereby permanently changing China's cultural geography and historical memory

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