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Reorienting the Manchus: A Study of Sinicization, 1583–1795

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Pei Huang
2011
Published by: Cornell University Press
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Making extensive use of Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, and Western sources, the author adopts a historical multifaceted approach to explore the various forces—geography; economics; frontier contacts; political and social institutions; language, literature, and art; religion and Confucianism—that made possible the Manchu adoption of Chinese ways of life.

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Title Page, Copyright

pp. 1-4

Contents

pp. v-vi

Qing Reign Periods

pp. ix-10

List of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches

pp. xi-xii

List of Illustrations and Translated Poems

pp. xiii-14

List of Maps and Tables

pp. xv-16

Explanatory Note

pp. xvii-xix

Acknowledgments

pp. xxi-xxiv

Introduction

pp. 1-30

Chapter I. The Ancestry and Ethnic Composition of the Manchus

pp. 31-65

Chapter II. The Founding of the Qing Dynasty

pp. 67-96

Chapter III. Economic Forces

pp. 97-126

Chapter IV. Frontiersmen and Transfrontiersmen

pp. 127-171

Chapter V. The Rise of Administrative and Legal Institutions

pp. 173-203

Chapter VI. Transformation of Social Institutions

pp. 205-229

Chapter VII. Manchu Language and Literature

pp. 231-261

Chapter VIII. Architecture, Religion, and Confucianism

pp. 263-294

Conclusion

pp. 295-311

Glossary

pp. 313-324

Bibliography

pp. 325-361

Index

pp. 363-374

Further Reading

pp. 375-376
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