Qing travelers to the Far West : diplomacy and the information order in late imperial China /
Day, Jenny Huangfu,1985-author.
"Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the countries of Europe were populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals in the Chinese imagination. Firsthand Chinese accounts of Europe unraveled this perception"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The traveler -- The envoy -- The student -- The scholar -- The diplomat -- The strategist -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Zhigang's passage on the White House visit in the 1877 and 1890 editions -- Appendix 2: Selected passages that appeared in the Chushi taixi jiyao (1890) but not in the Chushi taixi ji (1877)
"Prior to the mid-nineteenth century, the countries of Europe were populated by untamable barbarians and unearthly immortals in the Chinese imagination. Firsthand Chinese accounts of Europe unraveled this perception"--
Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890
Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891
Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894
Guo, Songtao, 1818-1891.
Xue, Fucheng, 1838-1894.
Zeng, Jize, 1839-1890.
Travelers' writings, Chinese.
Elite (Social sciences)
Public opinion
Diplomatic relations.
Elite (Social sciences)
Intellectual life.
Public opinion.
Public opinion, Chinese.
Travel.
Travelers' writings, Chinese.