{"product_id":"the-precious-summary-9780231206945","title":"The Precious Summary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Precious Summary\u003c\/i\u003e is the most important work of Mongolian history on the three-hundred-year period before the rise of the Manchu Qing dynasty. Written by Sagang Sechen in 1662, shortly after the Mongols’ submission to the Qing, it spans Buddhist cosmology, Chinggis Khan, the post-Yuan Mongols, and the Mongols’ conversion to Buddhism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Precious Summary\u003c\/i\u003e shows, once again, that Johan Elverskog is the preeminent English-language translator of Mongolian classics working today. -- Lhamsuren Munkh-Erdene, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Taiji Government and the Rise of the Warrior State: The Formation of the Qing Imperial Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot since the \u003ci\u003eSecret History of the Mongols\u003c\/i\u003e first appeared forty years ago has a Mongol masterpiece of equal importance found its way into English. Elverskog's linguistic intelligence and profound knowledge of Mongolian history make the prose and poetry of this historical classic shine. -- Timothy Brook, author of \u003ci\u003eGreat State: China and the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlmost two hundred years after I. J. Schmidt’s first translation into German, Elverskog has finally given us an authoritative English rendition of Sagang Sechen’s \u003ci\u003ePrecious Summary\u003c\/i\u003e, designed for a wide readership and accounting for the most modern scholarship. \u003ci\u003eThe Precious Summary\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for all those interested in Mongolian civilization. -- Christopher Atwood, editor and translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohan Elverskog’s annotated translation of a critically important Mongol text comes as the most comprehensive translation to date. Elverskog not only helps us in forming a unique understanding of the seventeenth-century text, but he also provides essential references and analyses to previous translations and other texts from Inner Asia which now can be seen in a new light. -- Uranchimeg Tsultemin, author of \u003ci\u003eA Monastery on the Move: Art and Politics in Later Buddhist Mongolia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[An] extraordinary achievement . . . which will remain the standard reference work for this important Mongolian chronicle for many years to come. -- Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz * Journal of Chinese History *\u003cbr\u003eAccessible and erudite, Johan Elverskog’s translation of this seventeenth-century classic of Mongolian literature is a major contribution to the study of Inner Asian history. -- David Sneath * The Seventeenth Century *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. History of the Universe, the Buddha, and India\u003cbr\u003e2. History of Tibet\u003cbr\u003e3. History of Chinggis Khan\u003cbr\u003e4. History of the Yuan Dynasty\u003cbr\u003e5. History of the Northern Yuan Dynasty\u003cbr\u003e6. History of the Mongol-Oirat Wars\u003cbr\u003e7. History of Dayan Khan\u003cbr\u003e8. History of the Six Tümen\u003cbr\u003e9. History of Khutugtai Sechen Khung Taiji\u003cbr\u003e10. History of Altan Khan and the Buddhist Conversion\u003cbr\u003e11. History of the Dalai Lamas and the Ordos\u003cbr\u003e12. History of the Ming and Qing Dynasties\u003cbr\u003e13. Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e14. Colophon\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400370889047,"sku":"9780231206945","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231206945.jpg?v=1730470524","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-precious-summary-9780231206945","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}