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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... China Lay had learned much of the etiquette expected by Chinese officials and had devel- oped a sincere appreciation for things Chinese.34 Even though Lay appeared in Chinese documents of the time under the pejorative title “ barbarian ...
... China Lay had learned much of the etiquette expected by Chinese officials and had devel- oped a sincere appreciation for things Chinese.34 Even though Lay appeared in Chinese documents of the time under the pejorative title “ barbarian ...
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... Chinese . But Hsu too inevitably encountered the hoary problem of fitting foreign ideas and information into ma- terials written with characters in classical Chinese . 17 Although he ultimately accepted translations of both Chinese and ...
... Chinese . But Hsu too inevitably encountered the hoary problem of fitting foreign ideas and information into ma- terials written with characters in classical Chinese . 17 Although he ultimately accepted translations of both Chinese and ...
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... Chinese views . Maritime countries , previously seen as weak , distant , and inconsequential barbarian states now ... Chinese superiority , which in its exaggerated form supposed all states of the world to be inferior to China in all ...
... Chinese views . Maritime countries , previously seen as weak , distant , and inconsequential barbarian states now ... Chinese superiority , which in its exaggerated form supposed all states of the world to be inferior to China in all ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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