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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... Manchu conquerors . During the century and a half of Manchu control over China before Chi - yü's birth , his ancestors had declared their loyalty to the new rulers and pursued scholarship as the ladder to prestige . The Hsu family of Wu ...
... Manchu conquerors . During the century and a half of Manchu control over China before Chi - yü's birth , his ancestors had declared their loyalty to the new rulers and pursued scholarship as the ladder to prestige . The Hsu family of Wu ...
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... Manchu minister , Mu - chang - a , then chancellor of the academy and close friend of the emperor since childhood . In 1834 Chi - yü wrote , in an essay honoring the eightieth birthday of Mu - chang - a's mother , that he had visited ...
... Manchu minister , Mu - chang - a , then chancellor of the academy and close friend of the emperor since childhood . In 1834 Chi - yü wrote , in an essay honoring the eightieth birthday of Mu - chang - a's mother , that he had visited ...
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... Manchu court , remembering Ming resistance movements in Fukien , con- stantly worried about collusion between local Chinese and the foreigners who frequented the coastal waters . Here lay in hiding large , vigorously anti - Manchu ...
... Manchu court , remembering Ming resistance movements in Fukien , con- stantly worried about collusion between local Chinese and the foreigners who frequented the coastal waters . Here lay in hiding large , vigorously anti - Manchu ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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