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The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture (Hardcover)
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The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture (Hardcover)
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The Qing dynasty (1636-1912)-a crucial bridge between "traditional"
and "modern" China-was remarkable for its expansiveness and
cultural sophistication. This engaging and insightful history of
Qing political, social, and cultural life traces the complex
interaction between the Inner Asian traditions of the Manchus, who
conquered China in 1644, and indigenous Chinese cultural
traditions. Noted historian Richard J. Smith argues that the
pragmatic Qing emperors presented a "Chinese" face to their
subjects who lived south of the Great Wall and other ethnic faces
(particularly Manchu, Mongolian, Central Asian, and Tibetan) to
subjects in other parts of their vast multicultural empire. They
were attracted by many aspects of Chinese culture, but far from
being completely "sinicized" as many scholars argue, they were also
proud of their own cultural traditions and interested in other
cultures as well. Setting Qing dynasty culture in historical and
global perspective, Smith shows how the Chinese of the era viewed
the world; how their outlook was expressed in their institutions,
material culture, and customs; and how China's preoccupation with
order, unity, and harmony contributed to the civilization's
remarkable cohesiveness and continuity. Nuanced and wide-ranging,
his authoritative book provides an essential introduction to late
imperial Chinese culture and society.
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