The Silk Road Encyclopedia

Translation is the mechanism that circumvents this barrier. I humbly present this English translation in the hope of overcoming the language barrier to share my knowledge of the Silk Road with global readers, and thus further solidify the foundations for a worldwide academic discipline dedicated to the Silk Road. As many are aware, the perspectives of Western and Eastern academia concerning the Silk Road differ greatly, and conflicting theories abound. Yet only a few texts or encyclopedias have offered to pinpoint and bridge such differences, and efforts to translate such works are virtually nonexistent. I thus firmly believe that this English rendition will facilitate the spread of knowledge and help boost research related to the Silk Road.