TY - BOOK AU - Kahn,Harold L. AU - Lau,D.C. AU - Yuji,Muramatsu TI - Monarchy in the Emperors Eye: Image and Reality in the Ch'ien-lung Reign T2 - Harvard East Asian Series SN - 9780674181427 AV - DS754.4.C5 U1 - 951/.03/0924 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Geschichte Asiens KW - China -- History -- Qianlong, 1736-1795 KW - Qianlong, Emperor of China, 1711-1799 KW - HISTORY / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Abbreviations Used in the Notes --; Prologue --; Part One. The Imperial Image and Its Sources --; 1. Ego Enthroned --; 2. Official Historiography: The Limits of Objectivity --; 3. Private Historiography --; 4. The Fractured Image --; Part Two. The Self-Image: A Prince’s View --; 5. Mother and Son: Lessons in Applied Piety --; 6. Two Brothers: Lessons in the Public Life --; 7. Sources of the Self-Image: The Curriculum --; 8. Sources of the Self-Image: The Tutors --; 9. The Self-Image: Preparation for Reality --; Part Three. Self-image at the End: Abdication and the Politics of Filiality --; 10. Abdication Ceremony: The Implications of Ritual --; 11.The Beau Geste as High Politics: History and Precedent --; 12. Secret Succession and the Control of Cliques --; 13.1796–1799: A Ho-shen Regency? --; Epilogue --; Appendix, Bibliography, Glossary, Index --; Appendix: Finding List of Titles Cited from LSTCC in order of First Occurrence in Notes --; Bibliography --; Glossary --; Index --; Chinese Summary of the Prologue --; Japanese Translation of the Prologue --; Harvard East Asian Series; restricted access UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674181434 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674181434 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674181434/original ER -