Contents
Tables and Figures 000
Abbreviations 000
Note on Transcription and Dating
Conventions 000
Introduction 1
Patrimonial-Bureaucratic Empire: A Model
for Premodern
State-Formation / 11
Ethnically (Ideologically) Imbued
Patrimonialism / 14
Lineages of the Qing Ethno-Dynastic
State / 18
Imperial Touring and the Historical
Formation of Qing Rule / 27
1 Historical Precedents & the
Multivalence of Imperial Touring 34
Touring, Hunting, and Warfare in
Antiquity / 38
The "Civil-ization" of Touring During
the Warring States Period / 41
Touring as a Point of Monarchical-
Bureaucratic Tension / 45
Imperial Bureaucracy and the Denigration
of Touring / 50
Imperial Confederacy and the Persistence
of Seasonal Sojourning / 55
Imperial Touring in the Ming / 65
Conclusion / 71
2"Following Ancestors": The Ethno-
Dynastic Imperative
of Imperial Touring, 1680s & 1740s 72
Remonstrance & Response, I: Kangxi's
First Imperial Tour,
1668-71 / 75
Kangxi's Revival of Imperial Touring,
1680s: A Classical Model? / 79
Qianlong's Revival of Imperial Touring,
1740s: A Family Romance / 87
Remonstrance & Response, II: A Han
Censor's Protest, December
1758 / 103
Qianlong's Commentary on Togh¿n Tem¿r,
1767: The Echoes
of History / 108
Conclusion / 111
3Putting a Court on Horseback: The
Logistics & Politics
of a Moving Court 114
The Imperial Entourage and the Tour
Route / 114
Directing the Imperial Encampment: A
Bannerman's Affair / 118
Encampments as an Emblem of Martial
Prowess / 128
Mobilizing the Provinces on a Military
Scale / 139
Managing Popular Perceptions of the
Southern Tours / 141
Conclusion / 156
4The Perils of Peace & the Politics of
Empire: Wars,
Tours, & Military Readiness 160
Qianlong's Valorization of Martial
Values, 1785 / 161
Fears of Banner Decline, 1670s-1730s /
167
The Early Qianlong Military Crisis,
1730s-1740s / 170
Imperial Tours as a Manchu-Martial
Habitus / 178
A Crisis of Leadership and the
Persistence of Banner
Decline, 1750s / 196
The Southern Tours & the Dzungar
Problem, 1750s / 199
Empire & Martial Triumphalism on the
Southern
Tours, 1762 / 206
Conclusion / 216
5"Returning to Purity & Simplicity": The
Southern Tours
& Intra-Elite Competition in an Age of
Commercialization 219
Cultivating Commercial Wealth / 220
The Imperial Discourse on Curbing
Extravagance / 236
Literati Anxiety and the Appropriation
of Imperial Discourse / 246
Conclusion / 258
6The Southern Tours as Cultural
Encompassment: The
Valorization of Verse & the
Accommodation of Han Learning 260
Special Recruitment Examinations: An
Overview / 261
Courting Elites Via the Valorization of
Poetry and Painting / 265
Shen Deqian as a Cultural Broker in
Suzhou / 271
Suzhou's Ziyang Academy and the
Accommodation of
Han Learning / 280
The Ambiguities of Accommodation / 297
Conclusion / 302
7The Poetics & Politics of Qianlong's
Encounter with Jiangnan 305
The Prospect of Pleasure: Imperial
Ambivalence / 306
A Tension Within Elite Culture: The
Eighteenth-Century
Denigration of a "Lyric Vision" / 316
Reading Qianlong's Southern Tour Poetry
/ 322
First Engagements: Defining "The Meaning
of Jiangnan"
in Jiangbei / 324
Encountering Jinshan, I: Engendering the
Landscape
& Disavowing Desire / 332
Encountering Jinshan, II: Mediating &
Framing the Lyric
Vision of a Moonlit River / 337
The Deepening Encounter: Declarations of
Diligence as a
Repudiation of Pleasure / 348
A Legitimating Discourse: "Observing the
People"
from Horseback / 353
Conclusion / 363
8Popular Perceptions & the Primacy of
Ethno-Dynastic
Politics, 1765-1785 366
Revisiting Qianlong's Hydraulic Thesis /
367
The Primacy of Politics, 1770s / 376
The Erosion of Ethno-Dynastic
Legitimacy, 1765-78 / 380
An Ethno-Dynastic Response: The
Resurgence of Imperial
Touring, 1780-85 / 409
Conclusion / 421
Epilogue: Imperial Touring at the Last425
Ethnicity & the Historical Dynamics of
Qing Rule / 432
Appendixes
AA Note on Provincial Preparations for
Qianlong's
Southern Tours 441
BAn Estimate of the Overall Costs for
Qianlong's
Southern Tours 451
CSouthern Tour Recruitment Examinations:
A
Quantitative Analysis 466
Reference Matter
Works Cited 473
Chinese Character List 502
Index
525