This book was written by the clergyman of the Orthodox Russian Church, Archimandrite Palladius (in the world - Peter Ivanovich Kafarov; 1817-1878). It would seem, what connects the Russian Orthodox clergyman and the Taoist monk? There is an explanation for this. After being tonsured a monk in 1839 with the name Palladium, Kafarov was enrolled in the spiritual mission in Beijing, where he lived for about 30 years. Palladius' scientific interests during this period focused on the history of Buddhism and Chinese writing. Particular attention was drawn to the biography of the Taoist monk, sage Chan Chun (1148-1227), who left the diary of his fifteen-month journey at the headquarters of Genghis Khan.