Hoei shin biography of william

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Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Publication date Topics Neumann, Karl Friedrich, ? Carl F. Simson and E. Addeddate Associated-names Neumann, Karl Friedrich, ? There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. A French scholar, Deguignes, wrote about Fusang in A German professor, Neumann, published Hoei-Shin's narrative in along with a commentary.

An American, Charles Leland, translated and expanded Neumann's work in According to some historians, the distances given by Hui-Sheng 20, Chinese li would locate Fusang on the west coast of the American continent, when taking the ancient Han-period definition of the Chinese li. The Chinese li, or Chinese mile unit of distance, varied through time, and although it was roughly meters during the Chin and Han dynasties, it was approximately 77 meters under the Wei and Western Qin dynasties, as used as such in the Sanguo Zhi or Records of Three Kingdoms.

The description of the plants and people in the strange land led some scholars to suggest that the Chinese had visited America a thousand years before Columbus. Some Chinese and Buddhist artistic influences on the Mayan art of the period have also been suggested. The very simplicity of that enormous journey is the most convincing argument of all.

Since Leland's book, experts have thrashed out the details with little public notice. Anthropologists have found Chinese and Japanese influences and artifacts among Native Americans all the way south to Peru. It appears that what Hoei-Shin was able to do, others probably did as well. A French scholar, Deguignes, wrote about Fusang in He had limited material, and his work kicked up a firestorm of controversy.

A German professor, Neumann, published Hoei-Shin's narrative in along with a commentary. An American, Charles Leland, translated and expanded Neumann's work in It was a long process of raising and resolving questions. Take the route: At first it seemed out of the question to cross the Pacific in a 5th-century Chinese junk. Then we see that circulating currents can take you from China, up the east coast of Japan, past Korea, along the Aleutians, south of Alaska, down the west coast of America to Mexico.

The same currents carry you back to China on a westward path, just above the equator. The very simplicity of that enormous journey is the most convincing argument of all. Since Leland's book, experts have thrashed out the details with little public notice. Anthropologists have found Chinese and Japanese influences and artifacts among Native Americans all the way south to Peru.

It appears that what Hoei-Shin was able to do, others probably did as well.