Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Chinese Conquest of Songaria
During the Mongol dynasty many Chinese statesmen, connected with the court of Chinghiz Kaan made extensive journeys in the west and some of them have left admirable accounts of the countries that they visited. Most prominent among these is the Sage Ch'ang Chun, author of the Si Yt'i Ki.
It was reserved for the Manchu Emperor K'ien Lung, however, to effect the permanent conquest of Ili and other countries of the west and to definitely annex them to Chinese dominions. Outside of Chia Yd Kuan says Ch'an Yuan, author of the book referred to in the introduction to this paper, for a thousand lz' there is nothing but sand and gravel, without water or grass or'smoke from the abbde of man. So it has been from the earliest times.
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