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Luke S. K. Kwong - Phony Reformer, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Phony Reformer

Greed, Status, and Patronage in Late Qing China

Av Luke S. K. Kwong

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This engaging translation presents an authentic period document that reflects aspects of Chinese life and society as seen through a contemporary's eyes. Portraying a "phony" reformer who rode the tide of the Qing court's post-Boxer reform initiatives to career success and personal wealth, this satire conveys the author's hope for a new, improved China, one that could stand proudly alongside Western nations and Meiji Japan in the modern world. His vivid descriptions of various situations shed light on late Qing elite behavior and Chinese foreign relations capture the clash between tradition and modernity, the old and new, as educated Chinese stood at a cultural and political crossroads.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2018-06-15
  • Mått: 162 x 243 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 399 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 180
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781538112397
  • Översättare: Luke S. K. Kwong
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Luke S. K. Kwong is professor emeritus of history at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. His books include A Mosaic of the Hundred Days: Personalities, Politics, and Ideas of 1898 and T’an Ssu-t’ung, 1865–1898: Life and Thought of a Reformer.

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An illuminating satire of bureaucratic ‘reformers’ on the make in the post-Boxer late-Qing reform era. Serialized in 1905, this short novel chronicles the unlikely career climb of Yuan Bozhen, who time and again manages to make bad decisions and still land on his feet. The novel reads like a tongue-in-cheek ‘how-to-succeed’ manual for low-level bureaucrats at the turn of the century. It concludes with a poem spelling out the moral of the story, like a big red bow on a box of candy. Luke Kwong’s fluid translation is accompanied by an informative introduction and extensive annotations. With realistic ground-level details of officials interacting with each other, with foreigners, and with the Chinese citizenry, the novel makes an ideal supplement to any course on the late Qing or modern China.

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