The Chinese gazette in European sources : : joining the global public in the early and mid-Qing dynasty / / by Nicolas Standaert.

The Chinese gazette as a publicly available government publication was distributed in a variety of formats since the twelfth century. Little is known, however, about its form and content before 1800. By looking at China from the periphery, this study shows how European sources offer a unique way of...

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Superior document:Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 155
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 155.
Physical Description:1 online resource (363 pages)
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Summary:The Chinese gazette as a publicly available government publication was distributed in a variety of formats since the twelfth century. Little is known, however, about its form and content before 1800. By looking at China from the periphery, this study shows how European sources offer a unique way of expanding the knowledge about the gazette of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its interconnected history illustrates how the Chinese gazette, as translated by European missionaries, became a major source for reflections on state and society by Enlightenment thinkers. It thus joined a global public much earlier than so far assumed.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004505001
9789004472709
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Nicolas Standaert.