Kowtow

Author : Eoin McDonnell
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Kowtow by Eoin McDonnell Pdf

In 1793, George Macartney introduced two of the leading empires of his age, and set off one of the greatest power shifts in history. Kowtow: Georgian Britain, Imperial China and the Irishman who Introduced Them tells the story of Macartney, Britain's first Ambassador to China, and his career that spanned the globe, from the Caribbean to India, from Brazil to Indonesia, and then finally through China to Peking. Kowtow explains why Macartney s embassy was needed, and examines the nature and personalities of the Ambassador and his imperial host, the Emperor Qianlong. The reader will journey with Macartney across the world into Peking s Summer Palace, before crossing over the Great Wall to Qianlong s summer hunting grounds in Rehe. The story of the Macartney mission provides significant lessons for modern diplomatic engagements and trade relations, and still causes great reverberations today. As a result, his mission represents one of the major missed opportunities in history and the challenges faced by Macartney still finds echoes in relations between China and the West.

Author : Eric Reinders
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474227308

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Buddhist and Christian Responses to the Kowtow Problem in China by Eric Reinders Pdf

The most common Buddhist practice in Asia is bowing, yet Buddhist and Christian Responses to the Kowtow Problem is the first study of Buddhist obeisance in China. In Confucian ritual, everyone is supposed to kowtow, or bow, to the Chinese emperor. But Buddhists claimed exemption from bowing to any layperson, even to their own parents or the emperor. This tension erupted in an imperial debate in 662. This study first asks how and why Buddhists should bow (to the Buddha, and to monks), and then explores the arguments over their refusing to bow to the emperor. These arguments take us into the core ideas of Buddhism and imperial power: How can one achieve nirvana by bowing? What is a Buddha image? Who is it that bows? Is there any ritual that can exempt a subject of the emperor? What are the limits of the state's power over human bodies? Centuries later, Christians had a new set of problems with bowing in China, to the emperor and to “idols.” Buddhist and Christian Responses to the Kowtow problem compares these cases of refusing to bow, discusses modern theories of obeisance, and finally moves to examine some contemporary analogies such as refusing to salute the American flag. Contributing greatly to the study of the body and power, ritual, religion and material culture, this volume is of interest to scholars and students of religious studies, Buddhism, Chinese history and material culture.

Author : Princess Der Ling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HNV4ZC

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Kowtow by Princess Der Ling Pdf

Author : Jiahui Ma
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Decolonization
ISBN : WISC:89059823773

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To Kowtow Or Not to Kowtow? by Jiahui Ma Pdf

Author : Alan Elangovan
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781543757828

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Encyclopedia of Body Language by Alan Elangovan Pdf

Embarking on the need to have an encyclopedia of body language was a task nursed for years and stirred fear in me for many reasons. First, it was pictured to be a novel project which would surpass the yearnings of people in the field. And also, the structure which it was to take was another daunting issue. However, all these issues only spurred me into bringing out quality work, one that would stand the test of time and cause a turning point in the life of every reader. This book adopts a unique structure of research; its perfect combination of raw knowledge and scholarly findings from across the world makes it stand out from other texts. The book reels out how to relate with people and understand their behaviors through nonverbal acts. It considers all the attributes of human body parts while communicating with others. However, before you can understand others, there is a need to understand yourself first. This is another aspect that this encyclopedia delves into; it explains ways in which you can maintain a charming and result-oriented posture in order to command respect from others during any given discourse. This is a potential tool you need to apply in order to make others open to you. This book explains ways in which you can fish out someone who is trying to play on your intelligence through their body language. In conclusion, this book gives a practical outline of how to activate the subconscious and conscious brains in working in tandem in order to understand the intents of co-interlocutor.

Author : William Shawcross
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015015491007

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Kowtow! by William Shawcross Pdf

The author claims that Britain has neglected its moral responsibility towards Hong Kong. He argues that the government should undertake to grant Hong Kong's 3 million UK passport holders "right of abode" in Britain or that it should establish a real democracy in Hong Kong.

Author : Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192897039

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The Kaiser and the Colonies by Matthew P. Fitzpatrick Pdf

Many have viewed Kaiser Wilhelm II as having personally ruled Germany, dominating its politics, and choreographing its ambitious leap to global power. But how accurate is this picture? As The Kaiser and the Colonies shows, Wilhelm II was a constitutional monarch like many other crowned heads of Europe. Rather than an expression of Wilhelm II's personal rule, Germany's global empire and its Weltpolitik had their origins in the political and economic changes undergone by the nation as German commerce and industry strained to globalise alongside other European nations. More central to Germany's imperial processes than an emperor who reigned but did not rule were the numerous monarchs around the world with whom the German Empire came into contact. In Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, kings, sultans and other paramount leaders both resisted and accommodated Germany's ambitions as they charted their own course through the era of European imperialism. The result was often violent suppression, but also complex diplomatic negotiation, attempts at manipulation, and even mutual cooperation. In vivid detail drawn from archival holdings, The Kaiser and the Colonies examines the surprisingly muted role played by Wilhelm II in the German Empire and contrasts it to the lively, varied, and innovative responses to German imperialism from monarchs around the world.

Author : Hung Sying Jing,Allen Batteau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781317035299

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The Dragon in the Cockpit by Hung Sying Jing,Allen Batteau Pdf

The purpose of The Dragon in the Cockpit is to enhance the mutual understanding between Western aviation human-factors practitioners and the Chinese aviation community by describing some of the fundamental Chinese cultural characteristics pertinent to the field of flight safety. China’s demand for air transportation is widely expected to increase further, and the Chinese aviation community are now also designing their own commercial aircraft, the COMAC C-919. Consequently, the interactions in the air between the West and China are anticipated to become far more extensive and dynamic. However, due to the multi-faceted nature of Chinese culture, it is sometimes difficult for Westerners to understand Chinese thought and ways, sometimes to the detriment of aviation safety. This book provides crucial insights into Chinese culture and how it manifests itself during flight operations, as well as highlighting ways in which Western technology and Chinese culture clash within the cockpit. Science and technology studies (STS) have demonstrated that sophisticated technologies embed cultural assumptions, usually in subtle ways. These cultural assumptions 'bite back' when the technology is used in an unfamiliar cultural context. By creating the insider’s perspective on the cultural/technological assumptions of the world’s fastest growing industrial economy, this book seeks to minimize the accidents and damage resulting from technological/cultural misunderstandings and misperceptions.

Author : Michael Dillon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 862 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317817154

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Encyclopedia of Chinese History by Michael Dillon Pdf

China has become accessible to the west in the last twenty years in a way that was not possible in the previous thirty. The number of westerners travelling to China to study, for business or for tourism has increased dramatically and there has been a corresponding increase in interest in Chinese culture, society and economy and increasing coverage of contemporary China in the media. Our understanding of China’s history has also been evolving. The study of history in the People’s Republic of China during the Mao Zedong period was strictly regulated and primary sources were rarely available to westerners or even to most Chinese historians. Now that the Chinese archives are open to researchers, there is a growing body of academic expertise on history in China that is open to western analysis and historical methods. This has in many ways changed the way that Chinese history, particularly the modern period, is viewed. The Encyclopedia of Chinese History covers the entire span of Chinese history from the period known primarily through archaeology to the present day. Treating Chinese history in the broadest sense, the Encyclopedia includes coverage of the frontier regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet that have played such an important role in the history of China Proper and will also include material on Taiwan, and on the Chinese diaspora. In A-Z format with entries written by experts in the field of Chinese Studies, the Encyclopedia will be an invaluable resource for students of Chinese history, politics and culture.

Author : Stephan Feuchtwang
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781844720101

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Making Place by Stephan Feuchtwang Pdf

In this book, Stephan Feuchtwang and his contributors offer a set of historical, anthropological and scale-mediated studies from China - a country that includes a subcontinental variety of cultures and landscapes.

Author : Andrew B. Kipnis
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0822318733

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Producing Guanxi by Andrew B. Kipnis Pdf

Throughout China the formation of guanxi, or social connections, involves friends, families, colleagues, and acquaintances in complex networks of social support and sentimental attachment. Focusing on this process in one rural north China village, Fengjia, Andrew Kipnis shows what guanxi production reveals about the evolution of village political economy, kinship and gender, and local patterns of subjectivity in Dengist China. His work offers a detailed description of the communicative actions--such as gift giving, being a host or guest, participating in weddings or funerals--that produce, manage, and deny guanxi in a specific time and place. Kipnis also offers a rare comparative analysis of how these practices relate to the varied and variable phenomenon of guanxi throughout China and as it has changed over time. Producing Guanxi combines the theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the insights of symbolic anthropology to contest past portrayals of guanxi as either a function of Chinese political economics or an unchanging Confucian social structure. In this analysis guanxi emerges as a purposeful human effort that makes use of past cultural logics while generating new ones. By exploring the role of sentiment in the creation of self, Kipnis critiques recent theories of subjectivity for their narrow focus on language and discourse, and contributes to the anthropological discussion of comparative selfhood. Navigating a path between mainstream social science and abstract social theory, Kipnis presents a more nuanced examination of guanxi than has previously been available and contributes generally to our understanding of relationships and human action.

Author : Alma Wu,Betty Orbach,Carol W. Hazelwood
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1462818919

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Tiger in a Cage by Alma Wu,Betty Orbach,Carol W. Hazelwood Pdf

Wu Tek Ying's memoir illuminates the customs of China during the turbulent years of 1914-1952. Love affairs, arranged marriages, warlords, jealousy, imprudent marriages and China's changing political scene affect Tek Ying's life. The threat of Communism forced Tek Ying to flee to Hong Kong.

Author : Joseph Richmond Levenson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : China
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Confucian China and its modern fate : a trilogy by Joseph Richmond Levenson Pdf

Author : Bai Luoyou
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 901 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647819033

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Reborn Phoenix’s Counterattack by Bai Luoyou Pdf

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Author : Solomon Bard
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789622095748

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Voices from the Past by Solomon Bard Pdf

Through excerpts from the earliest English language newspapers in Hong Kong, accompanied by Solomon Bard's insightful comments, Voices From the Past provides unique glimpses into Hong Kong's history. Illustrated with interesting photographs, chiefly from the Hong Kong Museum of History's photographic library, the pages bring Hong Kong's colonial past vividly to life. The newspaper excerpts, in chronological order, are faithful to the original text, reproducing its quaint prose and spelling and even occasional errors. Focusing mainly on Hong Kong, the excerpts also touch on Macao, mainland China and the rest of the world. They reflect the changes over the years in language, style of writing, even in humour. Of special interest are the public responses to the many inventions which today we take for granted, such as electric lighting, the motor car, or the first attempts at flying. Most importantly, they reveal the gradual changes in Hong Kong's colonial attitudes as these slowly adjust to the new contemporary values and social and political changes.