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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... frontier barbarian who was able to appreciate the material benefits of Chinese civilization . He was a gentleman and a scholar , universal qualities recognizable to a liberal Chinese . Even though Hsu and Lay were subsequently caught ...
... frontier barbarian who was able to appreciate the material benefits of Chinese civilization . He was a gentleman and a scholar , universal qualities recognizable to a liberal Chinese . Even though Hsu and Lay were subsequently caught ...
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... effectively with self - strengthen- ing programs for a heroic resistance against the " persistent " Euro- peans , the peoples of China's " Southern Ocean " would overcome . Chapter VIII THREATENED ON THE INNER ASIAN FRONTIER If Hsu's 98.
... effectively with self - strengthen- ing programs for a heroic resistance against the " persistent " Euro- peans , the peoples of China's " Southern Ocean " would overcome . Chapter VIII THREATENED ON THE INNER ASIAN FRONTIER If Hsu's 98.
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... FRONTIER If Hsu's depiction of China's waning influence in Southeast Asia failed to shock even the most unrealistic Chinese literati , the message of Western influence penetrating the whole world became all the more plain in his ...
... FRONTIER If Hsu's depiction of China's waning influence in Southeast Asia failed to shock even the most unrealistic Chinese literati , the message of Western influence penetrating the whole world became all the more plain in his ...
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A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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