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1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
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List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chronology of Ruan Yuan's Government Appointments; Notes on Transliteration and Other Matters; Reign Titles of Qing Emperors; Introduction; PART ONE. The Making of a Scholar-Official; 1. The Formative Years: Yangzhou, 1764-86; 2. Intellectual Foundations and Political Beginnings: Beijing, 1786-93; 3. Director of Studies: Shandong, 1793-5; Zhejiang, 1795-7; and Expectant Official in Beijing, 1797-9; PART TWO. The Provincial Official at Work; 4. Internal Security and Coastal Control: Piracy Suppression in Zhejiang, 1799-1809 |
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5. Internal Security and Local Control: Investigations of Secret Societies in Jiangxi, 1814-6, and Guangxi, 1817-266. Management of Foreign Relations at Canton, 1817-26; 7. Management of Ethnic Minorities and Border Security in Yunnan, 1826-35; 8. Ruan Yuan's Social Welfare Programmes; PART THREE. Ruan Yuan at Leisure; 9. Scholar and Patron of Learning of the Mid-Qing Era; PART FOUR. The Private Ruan Yuan; 10. Son and Father: Man of the Confucian Persuasion; 11. The Women in Ruan Yuan's Life; PART FIVE. The Senior Statesman; 12. Glories of Long Service: Grand Secretary in Beijing, 1835-8 |
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13. The Golden Years: Retirement in Yangzhou, 1838-49Conclusions; APPENDICES; I. Ruan Genealogy; II. Pirate Fleets in Zhejiang, 1796-1809; III. Scholars Associated with Ruan Yuan; IV. Ruan Yuan's Publications; V. The Liu Fenggao Affair; VI: Ruan Yuan as Director-General of Grain Transport; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; I. Archival Sources; II. Published Sources in Chinese; III. Published Sources in Western Languages; Glossary and Index |
| Summary |
"This book explores the life and work of Ruan Yuan (1764-1849), a scholar-official of renown in mid-Qing China prior to the Opium War, before traditional institutions and values became altered by incursions from the West. His distinction as an official, scholar, and patron of learning has been recognized by both his contemporaries and modern scholars. He was also exulted as an honest official and an exemplary man of the 'Confucian persuasion'. His name is mentioned in almost all the works on Qing history or Chinese classics because of the wide range of his research and publications. A number of these publications are still being reprinted today." "This is the first full-length biography of Ruan Yuan in English, and the only one focusing on all aspects of the man's life and work in the context of his time. It follows Ruan Yuan from his childhood in Yangzhou, expansion of his intellectual horizons and political network in Beijing, his long service in the provinces handling some of the most thorny issues of the day in security and control, to the glory as a senior statesman in the capital, and retirement in Yangzhou."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| In |
HKU Press digital editions |
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Ruan, Yuan, 1764-1849.
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Ruan, Yuan, 1764-1849
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Ruan, Yuan, 1764-1849 |
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Ruan, Yuan (Gelehrter) |
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Scholars -- China -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
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Intellectual life
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Politics and government
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Scholars
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China -- Politics and government -- 1644-1912.
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China -- Intellectual life -- 1644-1912.
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China
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008438097 |
| ISBN |
9789882203686 |
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988220368X |
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