A Translucent Mirror
Subtitle: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology (Joseph Levenson Book Prize for Pre-twentieth-century China, Association of Asian Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: April 16, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780520234246
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Cultural studies; Ethnic studies; History - General History; History; History: World; China; Asia - China; History / General; General
First sentence: WHEN IN THE LATE-EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY QIANLONG Emperor ommissioned "Biographies of Twice-Serving Officials" (Erchen zhuan) and demanded a reconsideration of generals and officials who had deserted the Ming to serve the Qing during the seventeenth-century conquest, he allowed the Great Wall of China to mark a moral boundary derived from a newly adopted vision of identity.