王観堂靜安先生校注本「長春眞人西遊記」譯注(績き)(杉山二郎教授退職記念号)=Ch'ang-Ch'un's 長春眞人 Hsiyuchi 西遊記 : Translation into Japanese and Annotation (Sequel)(Jiro Sugiyama Felicitation Volume on the Occasion of His Retirement)
The Hsiyuchi is an important and interesting record of the journey made in the 13th century by Ch'ang-Ch'un, a Taoist master famous for his wisdom and sanctity. Ch'ang-Ch'un was obliged to follow and advise the Mongol Emperor Chinghis khan during his military expedition in Western Asia. The journey lasted three years (1221-1224). The Hsiyuchi was not written by Ch'ang-Ch'un himself, but by Li chi-ch'ang李志常,one of his disciples, who accompanied him and kept a diary of the journey. I used for my translation late Professor Wang kuo-wei's王國維excellent annotated edition. In 2002, I published the first part of my annotated translation as a separate volume in our college's series. The contribution in this issue of the Journal represents the sequel of the translation.
