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 96
... merchants . Those who make the greatest profits are the people from Ch'üan - chou and Chang - chou . " 54 Hsu concluded his study of the Southeast Asian states with liberal selections from Ku Yen - wu's account . Here Hsu found a ...
... merchants . Those who make the greatest profits are the people from Ch'üan - chou and Chang - chou . " 54 Hsu concluded his study of the Southeast Asian states with liberal selections from Ku Yen - wu's account . Here Hsu found a ...
Page 174
... merchants were amazing . Rumors existed that Ku himself , famous scholar and founder of the ching - shih ( statecraft ) school , had close connections with Shansi banks and merchants.21 Money and wealth were so honored in Shansi that a ...
... merchants were amazing . Rumors existed that Ku himself , famous scholar and founder of the ching - shih ( statecraft ) school , had close connections with Shansi banks and merchants.21 Money and wealth were so honored in Shansi that a ...
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... merchants because customs taxes augmented state revenues . This aid to merchants lightened the tax load of the artisans and farmers . Greece thus became a powerful maritime commercial state , following the even earlier example of ...
... merchants because customs taxes augmented state revenues . This aid to merchants lightened the tax load of the artisans and farmers . Greece thus became a powerful maritime commercial state , following the even earlier example of ...
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A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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