Reorienting the Manchus
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Reorienting the Manchus

A Study of Sinicization, 1583–1795

  1. 376 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Reorienting the Manchus

A Study of Sinicization, 1583–1795

About this book

Making extensive use of Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, and Western sources, the author adopts a historical multifaceted approach to explore the various forces—geography; economics; frontier contacts; political and social institutions; language, literature, and art; religion and Confucianism—that made possible the Manchu adoption of Chinese ways of life.

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Table of contents

  1. i Half Title Page
  2. iii Title Page
  3. iv Copyright Page
  4. v Contents
  5. ix List of Qing Reign Periods
  6. xi List of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
  7. xiii List of Illustrations and Translated Poems
  8. xv List of Maps and Tables
  9. xvii Explanatory Note
  10. xxi Acknowledgments
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter1 Ancestry and Ethnic Composition of the Manchus
  13. Chapter2 Founding of the Qing Dynasty
  14. Chapter3 Economic Forces
  15. Chapter4 Frontiersmen and Transfrontiersmen
  16. Chapter5 Rise of Administrative & Legal Institutions
  17. Chapter6 Transformation of Social Institutions
  18. Chapter7 Manchu Language and Literature
  19. Chapter8 Architecture, Religion & Confucianism
  20. Conclusion
  21. Glossary
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index