Monarchy in the Emperor's Eyes : Image and Reality in the Ch'ien-lung Reign / Harold L. Kahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn, Harold L., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian Series

Harvard East Asian Series ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geschichte Asiens.

China--History--Qianlong, 1736-1795.

Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.

Local Subjects:

China--History--Qianlong, 1736-1795.

Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.): 1 Frontispiz

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations Used in the Notes

Prologue

Part One. The Imperial Image and Its Sources

1. Ego Enthroned

2. Official Historiography: The Limits of Objectivity

3. Private Historiography

4. The Fractured Image

Part Two. The Self-Image: A Prince's View

5. Mother and Son: Lessons in Applied Piety

6. Two Brothers: Lessons in the Public Life

7. Sources of the Self-Image: The Curriculum

8. Sources of the Self-Image: The Tutors

9. The Self-Image: Preparation for Reality

Part Three. Self-image at the End: Abdication and the Politics of Filiality

10. Abdication Ceremony: The Implications of Ritual

11.The Beau Geste as High Politics: History and Precedent

12. Secret Succession and the Control of Cliques

13.1796-1799: A Ho-shen Regency?

Epilogue

Appendix, Bibliography, Glossary, Index

Appendix: Finding List of Titles Cited from LSTCC in order of First Occurrence in Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

Chinese Summary of the Prologue / Lau, D. C.

Japanese Translation of the Prologue / Yuji, Muramatsu

Harvard East Asian Series

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-18143-3

OCLC:

1013942618