Ruan Yuan, 1764-1849 : the life and work of a major scholar-official in nineteenth-century China before the Opium War / Betty Peh-T'i Wei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wei, Betty Peh-Tʻi, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scholars--China--Biography.

Scholars.

China--Politics and government--1644-1912.

China.

China--Intellectual life--1644-1912.

Ruan, Yuan, 1764-1849.

Ruan, Yuan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study explores the life and work of Ruan Yuan (Juan Yuan 1764-1849), a scholar-official in 19th century China prior to the Opium War, before traditional institutions and values became altered by incursions of forces from the West.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chronology of Ruan Yuan's Government Appointments; Notes on Transliteration and Other Matters; Reign Titles of Qing Emperors; Introduction; PART ONE. The Making of a Scholar-Official; 1. The Formative Years: Yangzhou, 1764-86; 2. Intellectual Foundations and Political Beginnings: Beijing, 1786-93; 3. Director of Studies: Shandong, 1793-5; Zhejiang, 1795-7; and Expectant Official in Beijing, 1797-9; PART TWO. The Provincial Official at Work; 4. Internal Security and Coastal Control: Piracy Suppression in Zhejiang, 1799-1809

5. Internal Security and Local Control: Investigations of Secret Societies in Jiangxi, 1814-6, and Guangxi, 1817-266. Management of Foreign Relations at Canton, 1817-26; 7. Management of Ethnic Minorities and Border Security in Yunnan, 1826-35; 8. Ruan Yuan's Social Welfare Programmes; PART THREE. Ruan Yuan at Leisure; 9. Scholar and Patron of Learning of the Mid-Qing Era; PART FOUR. The Private Ruan Yuan; 10. Son and Father: Man of the Confucian Persuasion; 11. The Women in Ruan Yuan's Life; PART FIVE. The Senior Statesman; 12. Glories of Long Service: Grand Secretary in Beijing, 1835-8

13. The Golden Years: Retirement in Yangzhou, 1838-49Conclusions; APPENDICES; I. Ruan Genealogy; II. Pirate Fleets in Zhejiang, 1796-1809; III. Scholars Associated with Ruan Yuan; IV. Ruan Yuan's Publications; V. The Liu Fenggao Affair; VI: Ruan Yuan as Director-General of Grain Transport; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; I. Archival Sources; II. Published Sources in Chinese; III. Published Sources in Western Languages; Glossary and Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612707421

9781282707429

1282707426

9789882203686

988220368X

OCLC:

650836295