Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms, Volume 32
三才圖會(三十二)
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The Sancai Tuhui (1609) is a massive 106-volume Ming Dynasty encyclopedia. While no complete English translation of the entire work or of Volume 32 (which covers foreign nations and geography) exists as a standalone publication, the work is a foundational source in sinology. Search results from Google Books identify several scholarly monographs, such as Qiong Zhang's 'Making the New World Their Own' (2015) and Schottenhammer's 'The Perception of Maritime Space in Traditional Chinese Sources' (2006), which analyze and provide translated excerpts of the text and its illustrations. Consequently, this would be the first complete English translation of this specific volume.
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Step into the world of the Ming Dynasty’s most ambitious encyclopedia, where the boundaries between geographical fact and mythological wonder blur. Discover a global landscape populated by 'camel-cranes' that eat red-hot iron, kingdoms that trial the accused in crocodile pools, and the legendary animal origins of the Mongol empire.
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