China Charts the World: Hsu Chi-yü and His Geography of 1848Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- A Scholar-Official from Shansi -- The “Intractable Barbarians” -- In Touch with a New World -- A Victim of Conservatism -- The Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh -- Governor Hsu's Image of the World -- Danger in China's Maritime Sphere -- Threatened on the Inner Asian Frontier -- The “Barbarian” Base in Europe -- Despair in Africa, Hope in America -- Return to China's Heartland -- Conclusion -- Works Cited in the Ying-Huan Chih-Lueh: Titles, Authors, and Location in the 1848 Edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs. |
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Page 44
... According to the account of the Wu - t'ai hsin - chih ( New gazetteer of Wu - t'ai [ Shansi ] ) , the switch in assignments had been negotiated by Fukien's Governor Cheng Tsu - ch'in . Cheng had been assigned as governor to Fukien on ...
... According to the account of the Wu - t'ai hsin - chih ( New gazetteer of Wu - t'ai [ Shansi ] ) , the switch in assignments had been negotiated by Fukien's Governor Cheng Tsu - ch'in . Cheng had been assigned as governor to Fukien on ...
Page 115
... according to one of the eight compass - points in the pa - kua ( Eight Trigrams ) system of divination . Thus Europe was located to the northwest of China . And Europeans therefore were endowed , according to the theory of the Five ...
... according to one of the eight compass - points in the pa - kua ( Eight Trigrams ) system of divination . Thus Europe was located to the northwest of China . And Europeans therefore were endowed , according to the theory of the Five ...
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... according to the author , " resolute and endur- ing " -a conception radically different from the popular belief in China that all Westerners were " changeable . " Western states now used machinery to propel their ships , their carts ...
... according to the author , " resolute and endur- ing " -a conception radically different from the popular belief in China that all Westerners were " changeable . " Western states now used machinery to propel their ships , their carts ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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