The Sea of Learning: Mobility and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Guangzhou

by Steven B. Miles

In 1817 a Cantonese scholar was mocked in Beijing as surprisingly learned for someone from the boondocks; in 1855 another Cantonese scholar boasted of the flourishing of literati culture in his home region. Not without reason, the second man pointed to the Xuehaitang (Sea of Learning Hall) as the main factor in the upsurge of learning in the Guangzhou area. Founded in the 1820s by the eminent scholar-official Ruan Yuan, the Xuehaitang was indeed one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674021347
• ISBN13: 9780674021341
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"