Monarchy in the Emperors Eye : : Image and Reality in the Ch'ien-lung Reign / / Harold L. Kahn.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Kahn, Harold L.,
• MitwirkendeR: Lau, D. C.,; Yuji, Muramatsu,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1971
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Series ; 59
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.) :; 1 chart, 16 halftones
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Abbreviations Used in the Notes --; Prologue --; Part One. The Imperial Image and Its Sources --; 1. Ego Enthroned --; 2. Official Historiography: The Limits of Objectivity --; 3. Private Historiography --; 4. The Fractured Image --; Part Two. The Self-Image: A Prince’s View --; 5. Mother and Son: Lessons in Applied Piety --; 6. Two Brothers: Lessons in the Public Life --; 7. Sources of the Self-Image: The Curriculum --; 8. Sources of the Self-Image: The Tutors --; 9. The Self-Image: Preparation for Reality --; Part Three. Self-image at the End: Abdication and the Politics of Filiality --; 10. Abdication Ceremony: The Implications of Ritual --; 11.The Beau Geste as High Politics: History and Precedent --; 12. Secret Succession and the Control of Cliques --; 13.1796–1799: A Ho-shen Regency? --; Epilogue --; Appendix, Bibliography, Glossary, Index --; Appendix: Finding List of Titles Cited from LSTCC in order of First Occurrence in Notes --; Bibliography --; Glossary --; Index --; Chinese Summary of the Prologue --; Japanese Translation of the Prologue --; Harvard East Asian Series
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674181434; 9783110649680; 9783110353488; 9783110353563; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674181434
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Harold L. Kahn.