Western Image of China Western Concepts of China and Chinese People 1840--1876

Author: [USA] Mason
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the vertical evolution and horizontal differences in the "Chinese perspective" of Westerners from 1840 to 1876. The author selects a wide range of groups as subjects of cognition, from the collective to the individual, from experts (sinologists or sinologists) to ordinary people (merchants, tourists, missionaries, etc.). The objects of cognition cover many aspects, 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 some extent the causes and development of these cognitions. Spatially, it adopts a multi-perspective approach, from China to the West, from open ports to remote areas deeply explored by missionaries, aiming to be both comprehensive and accurate, combining both the general and the specific, and balancing detail with broad strokes. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the vertical evolution and horizontal differences in the "Chinese perspective" of Westerners from 1840 to 1876. The author selects a wide range of groups as subjects of cognition, from the collective to the individual, from experts (sinologists or sinologists) to ordinary people (merchants, tourists, missionaries, etc.). The objects of cognition cover many aspects, 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 some extent the causes and development of these cognitions. Spatially, it adopts a multi-perspective approach, from China to the West, from open ports to remote areas deeply explored by missionaries, aiming to be both comprehensive and accurate, combining both the general and the specific, and balancing detail with broad strokes.