Li Zhichang Author

One of the disciples selected to accompany Qiu Chuji on his journey to the Hindu Kush, Li Zhichang (1193-1256) went on to become Overseer of Daoists in Yanjing, head abbot of the Monastery of Eternal Spring, and the head instructor and nominal leader of the Quanzhen sect. Ruth W. Dunnell is Professor Emerita of History at Kenyon College and the author of Chinggis Khan: World Conqueror. Stephen H. West is Professor of Chinese Emeritus at Arizona State University. His previous translations include (all with Wilt Idema) Monks, Bandits, Lovers, and Immortals: Eleven Early Chinese Plays; Battles, Betrayals, and Brotherhood: Early Chinese Plays on the Three Kingdoms; The Orphan of Zhao and Other Yuan Plays; and The Record of the Three Kingdoms in Plain Language. Shao-yun Yang is Associate Professor of History and director of the East Asian Studies program at Denison University, and the author of The Way of the Barbarians: Redrawing Ethnic Boundaries in Tang and Song China.