
Transcriber’s Note
按語
First Chinese Traveler to the United States: - Lin King Chew, Reminiscences of Western Travels & Relevant American Press Reports, 1847-1850
第一位赴美遊歷的中國人: - 林綤㿝《西海紀遊草》 及美國報刊相關報道, 1847-1850
Table of Contents 目錄
林綤㿝《西海紀遊草》 - 封面 Front Cover - 扉頁 [1849] Title Page - 西海紀遊序 Forewords - 庚戌[1850]王道徵"序" - 歐夢蕉"序" - 西海紀遊自序 Preface - 西海紀遊詩 Poem [道光二十九年(1849)初稿] - 救回被誘潮人記 Rescuing the Chaozhou People - 〔附〕記先祖妣節孝事略 Ancestral Account - 跋 Postscripts - 己酉[1849]周見三"跋" - 己酉[1849]歗雲梅"跋"
American Press Reports 美國報刊報道 - "A Great Curiosity Coming to this Port--A Yankee Speculation," New York Daily Tribune, February 6, 1847 - "The Chinese Junk Keying," New York Daily Tribune, July 14, 1847 - "The Chinese Junk," New York Herald, July 21, 1847 - "The Chinese Junk," Albany Evening Journal, August 11, 1847 - "The Chinese Junk," New York Daily Tribune, August 13, 1847 - "A Chinese Junketing," New York Commercial Advertiser, August 31, 1847 - "Law Courts," New York Daily Tribune, September 8, 1847 - "Chinese Junk," New York Daily Tribune, September 28, 1847 - "The Chinese and the Junk," New York Daily Tribune, October 4, 1847 - "Arrest of a Chinaman," Morning Courier and New York Inquirer, October 7, 1847 - "Seamen's Chaplain for China," New York Evangelist, October 7, 1847 - "Arrest of a Celestial," Brooklyn Evening Star, October 8, 1847 - "Ling Keng Chow," New York Daily Tribune, October 19, 1847 - "Sailing of the Chinese Sailors, Belonging to the Cochin China Junk," Dwight’s American Magazine..., November 13, 1847
卥海紀遊艸 - 楊廷球題 - Reminiscences of Western Travels By Lin Kung King of Amoy China Who visited the United States in 1847—[1]849 and was afterwards employed as Linguist to the U.S. Consulate at Amoy
西海紀遊序
西海紀遊自序
A rare window into the mid‑nineteenth‑century world, this memoir follows the first Chinese visitor to the United States as he journeys from Guangdong to New York and back. Written in a flowing blend of classical Chinese and vivid travel notes, the narrative captures the awe of unfamiliar skylines, bustling ports, and the daily rhythm of a nation in flux, all filtered through the eyes of a determined scholar‑traveler.
Interwoven with contemporary American newspaper excerpts, the text offers a striking cross‑cultural dialogue—reporters describe the arrival of a Chinese junk, while the author recounts his own hardships, encounters with strangers, and moments of homesickness. The manuscript also preserves personal poems, reflections on family duty, and accounts of daring rescues, making it both a historical document and a heartfelt portrait of a young man navigating a distant land. Listeners will feel the pulse of a pioneering voyage that bridges two continents at a pivotal moment in history.
Language
en
Duration
~39 minutes (37K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Ting Man Tsao
Release date
2017-03-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
b. 1824
A mid-19th-century Chinese traveler and writer, remembered for a rare firsthand account of a journey across the Pacific to the United States. His surviving work offers a vivid early Chinese view of American life, technology, and travel.
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