During the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), the province emerged as an important element in the management of the expanding Chinese empire, with governors -- those i

The dynastic centre and the provinces were linked by agents and ritual occasions. This book includes contributions by specialists examining these connections in

This accessible collection examines twelve historic events in the international relations of East Asia.

During the Ming-Qing transition (roughly from the 1570s to the 1680s), literati-officials in China employed public forms of writing, art, and social spectacle t

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