| Series Editors' Foreword |
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| Translator's Introduction |
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PART 1 Historical Uncertainties |
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1 `Backward Therefore Beaten'? |
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7 | (3) |
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2 Questioning the Theory of the `Two Cannons' |
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10 | (3) |
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3 Three Questions on `Opening Their Eyes and Seeing the World' |
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1 Who First Gazed on the Other Side of the World? |
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2 Can It Be That the Chinese Could Only Open Their Eyes When They Saw Silver? |
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16 | (4) |
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3 Can It Be Said That the Ancestors Closed Their Eyes and Blocked Their Ears? |
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20 | (4) |
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4 The Logic of `Being Modernised' |
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24 | (3) |
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5 Qing History and Modern History |
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27 | (3) |
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6 The Necessity of Rereading Modern History |
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30 | (5) |
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7 Looking Back on the History of `Reform' in the Qing Dynasty |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (3) |
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9 Resurrecting the `Statement of Accounts' Tax Evasion Case 1661 |
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41 | (4) |
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10 `A Tertius is Not Worth a Single Cent' |
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45 | (5) |
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11 Manchus Inside, Han Outside and the Emphasis on Civil Over Military Affairs |
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50 | (4) |
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12 Manchu Han Twin-Track System (1) |
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54 | (3) |
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13 Manchu-Han "Twin-Track System' (2) |
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57 | (3) |
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14 Change and Interchange of Heaven and Man |
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60 | (4) |
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15 Looking Back at the Reign of the Yongzheng Emperor from the Qianlong Period |
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64 | (5) |
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16 Fake Draft Memorial in the Name of Sun Jiagan |
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69 | (6) |
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17 Literary Inquisition after the Death of Mao Qiling |
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75 | (11) |
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18 Official History, Unofficial History and Jottings in the Qing Dynasty |
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86 | (7) |
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PART 3 On Reform or Modernisation |
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19 Dealing with Corruption under the Jiaqing Emperor |
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93 | (4) |
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20 Looking at the Jiaqing `Reforms' or `Modernisation' |
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97 | (3) |
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21 The Emperor's Penitential Decree |
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100 | (5) |
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22 The Qing Emperor Makes a Show of Conciliating the British Ambassador |
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105 | (4) |
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23 Napoleon Criticises the British |
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109 | (3) |
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24 The Jiaqing Emperor and Napoleon |
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112 | (3) |
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25 Purchase of Office during the Manchu Qing Dynasty |
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115 | (4) |
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26 The Systematisation of Purchase of Office in the `High Qing' |
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119 | (6) |
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27 `Varieties' of Purchase of Office |
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125 | (4) |
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28 The Promotion of Purchasing Office |
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129 | (7) |
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29 The Buying and Selling of Office in Fiction |
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136 | (5) |
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30 Honest Officials and the Purchase of Office |
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141 | (5) |
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31 Bao Shichen's on Accumulated Wealth (Shuochu) |
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146 | (7) |
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PART 4 The History of Opium |
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32 Opium from Medicine to Narcotic |
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153 | (4) |
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33 Another Look at the Opium War |
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157 | (3) |
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34 Was the Daoguang Emperor `Pitiful'? |
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160 | (3) |
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35 Lin Zexu and Gong Zizhen |
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163 | (3) |
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36 It is Necessary to Say More about Gong Zizhen |
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166 | (4) |
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37 `Attacking Poison with Poison' |
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170 | (4) |
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38 Residual Doubts and Queries after the Opium War |
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174 | (5) |
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39 `The Way of the Gods Established the Teachings' in the Qing Dynasty |
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179 | (5) |
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40 The `Present Holy Sage' in Qing History |
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184 | (4) |
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41 How Did Military Sages Prevail over Civilian Sages? |
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188 | (4) |
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42 Ji Yun and `Basing Religious Teachings on the Divine Way' |
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192 | (4) |
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43 The Dual Effect of `Basing Religious Teachings on the Divine Way' |
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196 | (5) |
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44 The Defeated Heavenly Kingdom |
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201 | (4) |
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45 Issachar Roberts and Hong Xiuquan |
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205 | (4) |
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46 Another Look at `Internal Strife in the Heavenly Capital' |
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209 | (5) |
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47 Plundering the Image of Taiping History Overseas |
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214 | (4) |
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48 Zeng Guofan Gasps at `Strange Changes to the Confucian Code' |
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218 | (3) |
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49 Two Sages: Washington and Napoleon (I) |
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221 | (5) |
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50 Two Sages: Washington and Napoleon (II) |
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226 | (7) |
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PART 6 Rapidly Changing Times |
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51 The Disintegration of Power in the Late Qing (I) |
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233 | (4) |
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52 The Disintegration of Power in the Late Qing (II) |
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237 | (3) |
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53 `Establishing a Reservoir', the Selection of a Crown Prince (I) |
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240 | (4) |
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54 `Establishing a Reservoir', the Selection of a Crown Prince (II) |
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244 | (4) |
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55 `Summons to Interview' under the Daoguang and Xianfeng Emperors (I) |
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248 | (4) |
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56 `Summons to Interview' under the Daoguang and Xianfeng Emperors (II) |
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252 | (3) |
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57 Eleven Years of the Xianfeng Reign |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (3) |
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59 The Burning of the Old Summer Palace |
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261 | (5) |
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60 More on the Burning of the Old Summer Palace |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (4) |
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62 The Coup against the Regency and Sushun |
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274 | (4) |
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63 Sheng Bao's Fall and Rise |
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278 | (4) |
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64 To the End of the Xianfeng Reign |
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282 | (5) |
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PART 7 Problems of Political Reform |
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65 Learn from the Barbarians or Control the Barbarians? |
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287 | (3) |
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66 Feng Guifen's Protest from the Jiaobin Studio |
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290 | (5) |
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67 The Grand Council in the Late Qing Period |
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295 | (4) |
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68 Methods of Confucian Scholars during the Qing |
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299 | (3) |
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69 Record of the Difficult Birth of the Zongli Yamen |
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302 | (3) |
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70 Wenxiang and the Zongli Yamen |
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305 | (4) |
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71 Wang Maoyin and Late Qing Views on Foreign Relations |
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309 | (4) |
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72 Name and Reality of the Zongli Yamen in the Late Qing Period |
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313 | (4) |
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73 Did the Manchu Qing `Inherit a Worn Out Process of Change'? |
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317 | (4) |
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PART 8 Remembering the Empress Dowager Cixi |
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321 | (4) |
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75 The Legality of Cixi's Regency |
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325 | (3) |
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328 | (4) |
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332 | (3) |
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78 Cixi Does Away with the Conventions of the Manchu Qing |
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335 | (4) |
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339 | (4) |
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80 Who was Responsible for the Defeat in the 1894--5 War with Japan? |
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343 | (6) |
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81 The Empire Terminated by Cixi |
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349 | (10) |
| Postscript |
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359 | (2) |
| Index |
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