A Court on Horseback: Imperial Touring and the Construction of Qing Rule, 1680-1785 by Michael G. Chang

A Court on Horseback: Imperial Touring and the Construction of Qing Rule, 1680-1785

Harvard East Asian Monographs

Michael G. Chang

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Between 1751 and 1784, the Qianlong emperor embarked upon six southern tours, traveling from Beijing to Jiangnan and back. These tours were exercises in political theater that took the Manchu emperor through one of the Qing empire's most prosperou...

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