Qing Imperial Illustrations of Tributary Peoples (Huang Qing zhigong tu)

A Cultural Cartography of Empire

• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 696
• ISBN_10: 900450365X
  ISBN_13: 9789004503656
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Asia / General , History / Middle East / General , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy ,

Description:... Commissioned by the Qianlong emperor in 1751, the Qing Imperial Illustrations of Tributary Peoples (Huang Qing zhigong tu 皇清職貢圖), is a captivating work of art and an ideological statement of universal rule best understood as a cultural cartography of empire. This translation of the ethnographic texts accompanied by a full-color reproduction of Xie Sui’s (謝遂) hand-painted scroll helps us to understand the conceptualization of imperial tributary relationships the work embodies as rooted in both dynastic history and the specifics of Qing rule.