Arthur W. Hummel's Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period 1644-1912, Volume 1 PDF

By Arthur W. Hummel

ISBN-10: 1906876061

ISBN-13: 9781906876067

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Contributors contain: ok. Biggerstaff, H. Dubs, J.K. Fairbank, Fang Chao-ying, L.C.Goodrich, Hu Shih, T.Numata, E. Swisher, Teng Ssu-yu, C.M. Wilbur, H. Wilhelm. Hummel’s biographical dictionary is still the one quintessential reference instrument for chinese language historical past on account that 1644. It was once first released in 1943–44. ‘The most sensible background of China of the final three hundred years’ – Hu Shih.

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His able man- [1/318/3a; 3/349/1a; Howorth, H. , History of agement of the mobilization of men and stabiliza- the Mongols, 1876, Pt. I, pp. ] in the Imperial Bodyguard. For a few months, RUFUS 0. SUTER in 1754, he was also acting military governor of Uliasutai. Early in the following year he was BOLO fti'3- d. April 23, 1652, age 40 (sui), recalled to Peking for a military conference in Prince Tuan-chung ("1\lfi:j[:£), was a grandson regard to the Eleuths and his plan of action was of Nurhaci [q.

Todo meishO zue, of 1805. f~ T'ien-chin-fu chih (1899) 43/llb-14a; T'ien-chin-hsien hsin-chih ('*fi~) 23/38b; Ho-pei ti-i po-wu-yiian hua-pao, no. 49 (Sept. 25, 1933); 3t*iUiii Wen-hsien ts'ung-pien nos. ] his chu-jen that autumn in the provincial examination of Shun-t'ien-fu. His eldest son, Cha K'o-chien ji1'l. (T. ~~ H . Jti ~' 16681715), likewise became a chu-jen in Chekiang in the same year. In 1694 his pupil, K'uei-hsii, who had recently been appointed sub-expositor of the Hanlin Academy, invited him for a brief visit in Peking.

16941749), became a chil-jen with highest honors in 1711; but as he was accused of obtaining this honor by bribery he was imprisoned for eight years (1712-20). After his release he lived luxuriously and befriended many poor scholars in his villa, Shui-hsi chuang. jfs, in 4 parts)-both of which were printed about 1743. They are examples of the ornate composition admired at the time. The elder son of Cha Wei-jen, named Cha Shan-ch'ang :ftfU~ (T. :f:MtJJ H. ~~~. b. 1729), was a chin-shih of 1754 who served for many years as censor.

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