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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... translations of both Chinese and Western origin , Hsu had to decide which terms best conveyed what he thought to be the ... translated ma- terial on the basis of whether it “ made sense ” within his own cul- tural context . His sleep was ...
... translations of both Chinese and Western origin , Hsu had to decide which terms best conveyed what he thought to be the ... translated ma- terial on the basis of whether it “ made sense ” within his own cul- tural context . His sleep was ...
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... translations . 19 Hsu's intent was simply to transmit information about foreign places to prepare Chinese to deal with a challenging new world . 20 But inevitably foreign ideas were also imported via translated terms . While these were ...
... translations . 19 Hsu's intent was simply to transmit information about foreign places to prepare Chinese to deal with a challenging new world . 20 But inevitably foreign ideas were also imported via translated terms . While these were ...
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... translations and translated by Trigault in 1625 as the first Western literary work into Chinese , for example ) was translated for the society by Robert Thom . See Robert Thom , Esop's Fables in Chinese ( Canton , 1840 ) ; CR 9 : 201 ...
... translations and translated by Trigault in 1625 as the first Western literary work into Chinese , for example ) was translated for the society by Robert Thom . See Robert Thom , Esop's Fables in Chinese ( Canton , 1840 ) ; CR 9 : 201 ...
Contents
A SCHOLAROFFICIAL FROM SHANSI | 7 |
THE INTRACTABLE BARBARIANS | 17 |
IN TOUCH WITH A NEW WORLD | 28 |
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