East meets East : Chinese discover the modern world in Japan, 1854-1898 : a window on the intellectual and social transformation of modern China / Douglas R. Reynolds ; with Carol T. Reynolds
Published
Ann Arbor, MI : Association for Asian Studies, Inc., [2014]
Introduction: "East meets East" in three incarnations -- Part I. Japan in transition before 1877 : Chinese jottings while on the run -- Luo Sen : literati-teacher on Perry's expedition to Japan -- Zhang Deyi : budding diplomat -- Part II. Years 1877-1884 : finding the unexpected and learning to see -- He Ruzhang (1877-1882) and literati-diplomats -- Huang Zunxian I : poetry as history (1877-1882) -- Short-term visitors, 1879-1880 -- Li Shuchang : experienced diplomat focused on "official business" -- Part III. Years 1884-1890 : breakthrough understandings -- Yao Wendong : border geographer and strategic thinker (1882-1887) -- Chen Jialin : Mini-encyclopedia of Japan (1884-1888) -- China's 1887-89 travel abroad leap : to investigate the world -- Gu Houkun on Japan's xinzheng (modernized reforms), 1887-1889 -- Fu Yunlong, Kao scholar par excellence, 1887-1889 -- Part IV. Years 1890-1895 : Chinese officialdom stalled -- Huang Zunxian II : road map to modernity -- Conclusions and perspectives -- Glossary
