Treatises of the Supervisor and Guardian of the Cinnamon SeaFan Chengda (1126 1193) was a high ranking Chinese government official in Guangxi, an experienced traveler, a keen observer, and a gifted writer. His observations on a wide range of subjects are always interesting and revealing, and constitute an important contribution to the literature on Song dynasty Chinas frontier peoples. Originally written in direct, unadorned, and allusion free classical Chinese prose, the complete and annotated English