Xiyu wen jian lu: ba juan by Qishiyi 《西域聞見錄：八卷》 七十一 著
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Xiyu wen jian lu: ba juan by Qishiyi 《西域聞見錄：八卷》 七十一 著
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Under the reign of emperors Kangxi and Qianlong (1661-1796), troops of the Qing dynasty conquered the Western Regions (the ancient name of the west part of modern China and some nearby regions). To enforce his governance, Emperor Qianlong sent scholars to participate in local constructions. A new type of travel journals recording the unique landscape and cultures the scholars viewed on their way to the Western Regions emerged and populated. This journal was finished in 1777, written by one of the scholars travelled to the Western Regions under the pen name “Qishiyi” (translated as "Seventy-one").
In this travel journal, Qishyi records his encounters with several birds, including the snowcock and eagle habituated in the mountain regions. He might have eaten some of the birds—he mentioned a kind of chicken, which he called “tree chicken-raven,” that is “許味甚美(xu wei shen mei)” (tasted very good).
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