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Returning home, Changchun largely followed his outward route, with certain deviations, such as a visit to Hohhot.

He was back in Beijing by the end of January 1224.

From the narrative of his expedition, written by his pupil and companion Li Jichang ) we derive some of the most vivid pictures ever drawn of nature and man between the Great Wall of China and Kabul, between the Aral and Yellow Seas.