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Monarchy in the emperor's eyes: image and reality in the Chíen-lung reign

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ISBN	0674582306 (hbk.)
Author	Kahn, Harold L.
Title	Monarchy in the emperor's eyes : image and reality in the Chíen-lung reign / Harold L. Kahn
Publisher	Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1971
Physical desc.	ix, 314 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Harvard East Asian series 59
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index.
Contents	Pt. 1: The imperial image and its sources. Ego enthroned -- Official historiography: the limits of objectivity -- Private historiography -- The fractured image -- Pt. 2: The self-image: a prince's view. Mother and son: lessons in applied piety -- Two brothers: lessons in the public life -- Sources of the self-image: the curriculum -- Sources of the self-image: the tutors -- The self-image: preparation for reality -- Pt. 3: Self-image at the end: abdication and the politics of filiality -- Abdication ceremony: the implications of ritual -- The Beau Geste as high politics: history and precedent -- Secret succession and the control of cliques -- 1796-1799: a Ho-shen regency? -- Epilogue.
Person as subject	Qianlong -- Emperor of China -- 1711-1799
Subject	China -- History -- Qianlong, 1736-1795
Series Added Entry	Harvard East Asian monographs

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