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9781858942032

Splendors of China's Forbidden City : The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong

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  • ISBN13:

    9781858942032

  • ISBN10:

    1858942039

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-02-01
  • Publisher: Merrell Pub Ltd
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Author Biography

Bennet Bronson is Curator of Asian Archaeology and Ethnology at The Field Museum, Chicago.

Table of Contents

Foreword, The Field Museum 8(11)
Foreword, Palace Museum 11(5)
Introduction 16(6)
The Last Chinese Empire
Introduction: Qianlong
22(3)
The Manchus Before the Conquest
25(6)
The Manchus Seize Power
31(2)
New Rulers in Old Palaces
33(5)
Boxes within Boxes: The Geography of Imperial Life
38(6)
The Hierarchy of the Eight Banners
24(5)
Pamela Crossley
Cousins of the Manchus
29(3)
Pamela Crossley
Qianlong's Ode to Mukden
32(3)
Mark C. Elliott
The Yuanming Yuan Summer Palace
35(2)
Cary Y. Liu
Nurgaci's Seven Grievances against the Ming
37(7)
Zhu Chengru
Symbols of Imperial Power
Introduction: The Son of Heaven
44(1)
Imperial Environments
44(10)
Imperial Adornment: Accessories
54(5)
Imperial Adornment: Men's Clothing
59(7)
Imperial Adornment: Women's Clothing
66(5)
Imperial Actions
71(11)
The Mansion of Heavenly Purity
46(5)
Chuimei Ho
Emperor Qianlong's Thrones
51(3)
Hu Desheng
Ascending Mount Tai
54(12)
Susan Naquin
Manchu Ladies' Styles: An Invented Tradition
66(4)
Dorothy Ko
High Heels and Platform Shoes
70(2)
Dorothy Ko
The Empress's Silkworms
72(10)
Evelyn S. Rawski
The Emperor in Action
Introduction: How to Be an Emperor
82(1)
Ruling
83(3)
The Imperial Workplaces
86(9)
Touring
95(10)
Martial Arts and Hunting
105(17)
The Riches of Heshen
86(15)
Bennet Bronson
Chuimei Ho
An Active Emperor Slows Down
101(3)
Bennet Bronson
Macartney's Unsuccessful Mission
104(6)
William Watson
Manchus and Tigers and Bears
110(12)
Mark C. Elliott
Religions of the Qianlong Court
Introduction: Public and Private Faiths
122(1)
Shamanism
123(5)
Buddhism
128(18)
Daoism
146(5)
Islam and Christianity
151(3)
The State Religion
154(2)
Ancestor Worship and Confucianism
156(8)
The Qianlong Emperor as Bodhisattva
129(10)
Terese Tse Bartholomew
The Storied Building of Buddhist Brilliance
139(10)
Wang Jiapeng
The North God at the North Gate
149(3)
Wang Yaogong
A Gold Stupa for the Empress Dowager's Hair
152(5)
Terese Tse Bartholomew
The Year-End Ritual for the Imperial Ancestors
157(2)
Li Zhonglu
Bixia and the Seven Stars
159(5)
Chuimei Ho
Bennet Bronson
Family Life in the Palace
Introduction: The Hidden World of the Inner Court
164(3)
The Mother and Grandmothers of the Emperor
167(3)
The Wives of the Emperor
170(13)
Only Birds in Gilded Cages?
183(3)
Raising an Emperor
186(7)
Dining in the Palace
193(19)
Lang Shining or Giuseppe Castiglione, an Italian Painter at the Qing Court
168(4)
Nie Chongzheng
An Empress Cuts her Hair
172(12)
Chuimei Ho
Bennet Bronson
Rong Fei and the Fragrant Concubine
184(3)
Evelyn S. Rawski
Provisions for Palace Ladies
187(25)
Chuimei Ho
The Emperor as a Private Person
Introduction: Image and Reality
212(6)
Artist and Collector
218(6)
Collector and Patron
224(44)
At Leisure
268(2)
Growing Old
270(6)
Qianlong and Paintings: Astute Connoisseur, Serial Defacer, or Both?
221(7)
Jan Stuart
A Memorial to the Emperor on Porcelain
228(5)
Peter Y.K. Lam
Qianlong as a Collector of Ceramics
233(6)
Jan Stuart
Monuments in the Jade-Carving Industry of the Qianlong Period: Two Jade Boulders
239(35)
Yang Boda
Voltaire on Qianlong versus Frederick the Great
274(2)
Bennet Bronson
Glossary 276(5)
Bibliography 281(3)
Picture Credits 284(1)
Index 285

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