Western Concepts of China and the Chinese, 1840–1876

Author: [USA] M.G. Mason
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book is a comprehensive study of the vertical evolution and horizontal differences in the "Chinese perspective" of Westerners from 1840 to 1876. The author selects a large number of groups and individuals as subjects of cognition, ranging from experts (sinologists or sinologists) to ordinary people (merchants, tourists, missionaries, etc.). The objects of cognition cover a wide range of content, including personality, society, literature, language, philosophy, religion, science, art, habits, customs, and more. In terms of time span, it traces the origins and analyzes to a certain extent the causes and development of these cognitions. Spatially, it adopts a multi-perspective approach, gathering materials from China to the West, from open ports to remote areas deep into the countryside where missionaries go, aiming to be both comprehensive and accurate, combining the general and the specific, and balancing detail and broad strokes. This book is a comprehensive study of the vertical evolution and horizontal differences in the "Chinese perspective" of Westerners from 1840 to 1876. The author selects a large number of groups and individuals as subjects of cognition, ranging from experts (sinologists or sinologists) to ordinary people (merchants, tourists, missionaries, etc.). The objects of cognition cover a wide range of content, including personality, society, literature, language, philosophy, religion, science, art, habits, customs, and more. In terms of time span, it traces the origins and analyzes to a certain extent the causes and development of these cognitions. Spatially, it adopts a multi-perspective approach, gathering materials from China to the West, from open ports to remote areas deep into the countryside where missionaries go, aiming to be both comprehensive and accurate, combining the general and the specific, and balancing detail and broad strokes.