Manchu mirrors and the knowledge of plants and animals in high qing china, the
Auteur :
Bian, He / Saarela, Mårten Söderblom
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674297517
Date de publication :
12 août 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China is the first systematic study of the codification of Manchu and Chinese words for animals and plants in the eighteenth century. Bian and Söderblom Saarela show how Qing lexicographical practices left a lasting impact on natural historical scholarship in the modern era.