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Manchu-Mongol Relations on the Eve of the Qing Conquest
A Documentary History
Series: - Brill's Inner Asian Library, Volume: 1
In the seventeenth century the Manchu conquered the whole of China, replacing the Ming dynasty.
The original Manchu and Mongol documents selected for the this publication, translated and amply annotated, provide fascinating new information about the relations between Manchus and Mongols before the Manchu conquest of China.
They include diplomatic correspondence, military liaisons, legal cases, and records of tribute missions and present a detailed picture of the relative position of the various Mongol tribes vis-à-vis the future emperors of China.
The original Manchu and Mongol documents selected for the this publication, translated and amply annotated, provide fascinating new information about the relations between Manchus and Mongols before the Manchu conquest of China.
They include diplomatic correspondence, military liaisons, legal cases, and records of tribute missions and present a detailed picture of the relative position of the various Mongol tribes vis-à-vis the future emperors of China.
Nicola Di Cosmo, Ph.D. (1991) in Uralic and Altaic Studies (Indiana University), is Professor of East Asian History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has published extensively on the history of the relations between China and Inner Asia.
Dalizhabu Bao, Ph.D. (1996) in Ancient Chinese History (Central University of Nationalities, Beijing), is Professor and Head of the History Department at that same university. He has published extensively on the Mongol history in the Ming and Qing period and on the Manchu and Qing dynasties.
Dalizhabu Bao, Ph.D. (1996) in Ancient Chinese History (Central University of Nationalities, Beijing), is Professor and Head of the History Department at that same university. He has published extensively on the Mongol history in the Ming and Qing period and on the Manchu and Qing dynasties.
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Nicola di Cosmo's and Dalizhabu Bao's book [...] should be welcomed as an additional brick to a rather new scholarly field all too long neglected...a very welcome addition to the ever growing literature on Chinese and East ad Central Asian history...highly recommendable.'
Erling von Mende, Études chinoises, 2005.
Erling von Mende, Études chinoises, 2005.
This selection of original documents provide fascinating reading for all those interested in the history of China, and in particular the Qing dynasty and late imperial China, Manchu and Mongol history, Inner Asian diplomatic relations, as well as Altaic philologists.