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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... ancient developments . The Ancient Roots of Western Civilization Much of Hsu's record of Europe's development in ancient times appeared in the sections devoted to Turkey , Greece , and Italy . For each of these states the author ...
... ancient developments . The Ancient Roots of Western Civilization Much of Hsu's record of Europe's development in ancient times appeared in the sections devoted to Turkey , Greece , and Italy . For each of these states the author ...
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... ancient Western history . " Western [ Turkey ] is the land where Greece arose , and this is the place where Western states began to emerge from darkness and mist [ i.e. , to form a civilization ] . Constantinople was the eastern capital ...
... ancient Western history . " Western [ Turkey ] is the land where Greece arose , and this is the place where Western states began to emerge from darkness and mist [ i.e. , to form a civilization ] . Constantinople was the eastern capital ...
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... ancient European civilization . Here the ancients of Europe began to leave behind their barbarism . While Protestant missionaries were writing accounts that linked the ancient Chinese to Biblical records and the story of the Tower of ...
... ancient European civilization . Here the ancients of Europe began to leave behind their barbarism . While Protestant missionaries were writing accounts that linked the ancient Chinese to Biblical records and the story of the Tower of ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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