China, 1898-1912 : : The Xinzheng Revolution and Japan / / Douglas R. Reynolds.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 160
• VerfasserIn: Reynolds, Douglas Robertson, 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1993.; Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1993.
• Year of Publication: 1993
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 160.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

The author argues that that the political end of the Qing dynasty in 1911 was less important than the late-Qing government's own Xinzheng or "new systems" reforms.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Preface: The Making of an Idea -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 A Golden Decade? A Xinzheng Revolution? (starting p. 5) -- Pt. 1 The Japanese Role and Its Background (starting p. 15) -- 2 Prelude to the Golden Decade (starting p. 17) -- 3 Japan's Double-Pronged Strategy: Military and Non-Military (starting p. 24) -- Pt. 2 The Xinzheng Intellectual Revolution: New Carriers, New Concepts (starting p. 39) -- 4 Chinese Students and Their Schools in Japan (starting p. 41) -- 5 Japanese Teachers and Advisers in China (starting p. 65) -- Japanese Educational Initiatives in China -- Beijing Dongwen Xueshe under Nakajima Saishi, 1901-1906 -- Leading Teachers and Advisers during China's "Age of the Japanese Teacher" -- Contract Terms and Teaching Conditions -- The Language Barrier and Japanese-Language Instruction -- Sino-Japanese Cooperation in Education -- The Japanese Teachers at San-Jiang Normal School in Nanjing -- China's New Normal Schools in the "Age of the Japanese Teacher" -- Why Not Westerners?...and the Factor of Christianity -- Not a "Failure" -- 6 Translations and Modern Terminology (starting p. 111) -- Gearing Up to the Task -- Textbooks and Encyclopedias -- Publishing and the Commercial Press (Shangwu Yinshu Guan) -- The Translators: Brokers of Modernity -- Modern Terminology: From Japanese into Chinese -- Pt. 3 The Xinzheng Institutional Revolution: New Leaders, New Directions (starting p. 127) -- 7 Chinese Educational Reforms: The Japanese Model (starting p. 131) -- Training "Men of Real Talent" -- The Special Impact of Study Missions -- Tongwen and Ti-yong: The Viability of Conservative Reform -- Abolition of the Examination System -- 8 Chinese Military Modernization and Japan (starting p. 151) -- 9 China's New Police and Prison Systems (starting p. 161) -- 10 Chinese Legal, Judicial, and Constitutional Reforms (starting p. 179) -- Conclusion (starting p. 193) -- Interpreting the Late-Qing Revolution (starting p. 193) -- Japan: The Missing Key (starting p. 194) -- Directions for Future Research (starting p. 196) -- Appendix: The Reform Edict (starting p. 201) -- Notes (starting p. 205) -- References (starting p. 259) -- Glossary-Index (starting p. 279)