East meets East
Subtitle: Chinese discover the modern world in Japan, 1854-1898 : a window on the intellectual and social transformation of modern China
By: Douglas R. Reynolds with Carol T. Reynolds
Series: Asia past & present: new research from AAS -- number 12
Publisher: Association for Asian Studies, Inc.; Association for Asian Studies
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 715
ISBN-13: 9780924304767
Subjects: Relations; Intellectual life; Social conditions; Social change; History; Chinese; Travel; Intellectuals; Biography; Diplomats; Foreign Visitors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-641) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "East meets East" in three incarnations; title: Part I. Japan in transition before 1877 : Chinese jottings while on the run; title: Luo Sen : literati-teacher on Perry's expedition to Japan; title: Zhang Deyi : budding diplomat; title: Part II. Years 1877-1884 : finding the unexpected and learning to see; title: He Ruzhang (1877-1882) and literati-diplomats; title: Huang Zunxian I : poetry as history (1877-1882); title: Short-term visitors, 1879-1880; title: Li Shuchang : experienced diplomat focused on "official business"; title: Part III. Years 1884-1890 : breakthrough understandings; title: Yao Wendong : border geographer and strategic thinker (1882-1887); title: Chen Jialin : Mini-encyclopedia of Japan (1884-1888); title: China's 1887-89 travel abroad leap : to investigate the world; title: Gu Houkun on Japan's xinzheng (modernized reforms), 1887-1889; title: Fu Yunlong, Kao scholar par excellence, 1887-1889; title: Part IV. Years 1890-1895 : Chinese officialdom stalled; title: Huang Zunxian II : road map to modernity; title: Conclusions and perspectives; title: Glossary.