Saving the World: Chen Hongmou and Elite Consciousness in Eighteenth-Century China

by William T. Rowe

Book Overview

Chen Hongmou (1696-1771) was arguably the most influential Chinese official of the eighteenth century and unquestionably its most celebrated field administrator. He served as governor-general, governor, or in lesser provincial-level posts in more than a dozen provinces, achieving after his death cult status as a "model official."

In this magisterial study, the author draws on Chen's life and career to answer a range of questions: What did...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804748187
• ISBN13: 9780804748186
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.1"