I-Tsing's Legacy at the South Sea - A Combined Narrative and Humanistic Geography – Phenomenological Analysis

Abstract

This paper takes a more informed look into narrative analysis's personal life learning experience. The research method of narrative analysis was analyzed along with a narrative from the original literacy text written by I-tsing himself, the Chinese historical record of the T’ang Dynasty, and other commentaries ascribed by scholars in various periods to demonstrate its validity better. The humanistic geography - phenomenological approach was employed to better understand the human world by studying people’s relation with nature, their geographical behavior, and their feelings and ideas concerning space and place. The researcher has invented a combined data analysis  framework of Polkinghorne’s Narrative Analysis and Humanistic Geography – Phenomenological Analysis to study the central reason I-tsing decided to set foot at the South Sea (Śrīvijaya) for such a long time carrying out his mission before returning to China. The researcher has articulated the analyzed outcomes into three insightful findings as a  response to the research inquiry. The findings were explained in lengthy detail and supported with various valid and reliable references, documentary facts, and case studies of real-life stories.