Here in 'China' I Dwell: Reconstructing Historical Discourses of China for Our Time

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In Here in 'China' I Dwell, Ge Zhaoguang sums up a wealth of research on the evolution of Chinese historical narratives, and suggests that viewing China from its borders is the most helpful and objective view moving forward. Here in ‘China’ I Dwell: Reconstructing Historical Discourses of China for our Time Copyright Contents Series Editors’ Foreword Preface Introduction: “China” as Problem and the Problem of “China” 1 From William Skinner to Robert Hartwell: “Locality” Leaves the Unity of China in Doubt 2 Thinking from the Perspective of Asia: When “China” Fades into Asia 3 The Position of Taiwan: Concentric-circle Theory 4 The Kingdom of the Khans: The Challenge of “Chinese History” for the Mongol Yuan and the Manchu Qing 5 Postmodern History: Rescue What History from the Nation? 6 How Can We Understand the Historical China in Chinese History? Conclusion: History, Culture and Politics—Three Dimensions of China Studies Addendum 1 The Appearance of “China” Consciousness during the Song Dynasty: On One of the Origins of Modern Nationalist Ideology 1 A Discourse of China, a Discourse of Orthodoxy: Definite Emergence of China Consciousness 2 The Gap between Ideals and Practical Politics: All under Heaven, the Four Barbarians, Court Tribute, and Enemy Kingdoms 3 China: The Emergence of ‘Borders’ 4 Views of Nation, State and Culture: Anti-Barbarian Ideology and the Establishment of a Transmissible Orthodoxy 5 Of Han, of China: What is Han and what is Chinese? 2 Memories of Foreign Lands in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Illustrations of Tributaries, and Travel Accounts: Chinese Sources of Knowledge Regarding Foreign Lands before and after Matteo Ricci 1 The Contrast between Imagination and Knowledge: The Imagination of Foreign Lands 2 Three Sources Linked to the Construction of Imaginary Foreign Lands: Travel Accounts, Zhigongtu, and Myths, Legends and Proverbs 3 To Imagination Add More Imagination; To Stories Add More Story: The Kingdom of Women, the Kingdom of Dogs, and the Corpse-Head Barbarians 4 The Pre-Matteo Ricci Imaginary Foreign Country: Historical Memory from Classical Knowledge 5 Post-Matteo Ricci: From “All under Heaven” to “Ten Thousand States” 3 Ancient Maps as the History of Ideas 1 Margin and Center: Imagining the Orient in Old European Maps of the World 2 From All under Heaven to Ten Thousand Countries 3 Buddhist Maps: Imagining Different Kinds of Worlds 4 Chinese on the Inside, Barbarians on the Outside: The Case of the Ming Dynasty Naval Defense Map 5 Understanding Ming Concepts of “Private” and “Public” from Gazetteer Maps Conclusion 4 The Real and the Imaginary: Who Decides What “Asia” Means? On “Asianism” in Japan and China from the Late Qing to the Republican Era 1 Asianism in Modern Japan 2 The Complex Reaction to “Asianism” in Late-Qing and Early- Republican China 3 Multiple Visions of the World: Differences between China and Japan 4 Nationalism and Cosmpolitanism, or Tradition and Modernity 5 Between Nation and History: Starting from the Japanese: Debates on the Relationship between Chinese Daoism, Japanese Shintō and the Tennō System Foreword: Small Questions Lead to Bigger Questions 1 A Debate between Two Japanese Scholars 2 Tsuda Sōkichi and His Evaluations Regarding Chinese Daoism 3 Tsuda Sōkichi’s Dilemma: Influence or Borrowing? 4 Ancient Layer after Ancient Layer: Regarding Shintō and the Tennō 5 Chinese Influence: New Views in Japanese Academia 6 And on to Goguryeo? A Roadmap of the Dissemination of Daoism in East Asia 7 Scholars of China Studies Joining the Debate: Miyazaki Ichisada’s Theories 8 The Differences between Chinese Daoism and Japanese Shintōism Conclusion: Behind the Debates about Daoism, Shintōism, and the Tennō System 6 Where are the Borders? Starting with the Context of the Study of“Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Korea” in Japan at the Turn of the Twentieth Century Foreword: The Question 1 Japan’s Interest in the Study of “Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet and Korea” and the Formation of East Asian History 2 Victory over Europe: One Motivation for Japanese Historians to Study Chinese Borders 3 The “Qing State is Not a State” Thesis: The Historical Background and Political Sensibility of the Study of “Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet and Korea” in Japan 4 Frontiers or Borders: How to Define China in History and in Reality 7 From the Western Regions to the Eastern Sea: Formations, Methods and Problems in a New Historical World Foreword: Spaces for Inter-Civilization Mixing: The Mediterranean, the Western Regions, and the Eastern Sea 1 The Xiyu: From Modern European Study of the East and Japanese Study of the East to the Great Discoveries at Dunhuang 2 The Donghai (Eastern Seas): Mixing and Separating of Traditional Civilizations in East Asia 3 The Emphasis of Research and Research Methods: Differences and Similarities between Studies of the Xiyu and Studies of the Donghai Conclusion: Predicting the Currents: New Perspectives on Historical Studies Foreword: What Does the History of Academia Tell Us? 1 International Perspective: From “Studies of Northern Barbarians” to “Looking at China from its Borders” 2 The Chinese Position: Comparing with Chinese Studies Outside China 3 Intersecting Cultural History 4 Conclusion: New Materials, New Methods, New Paradigms: rospects for Culture and History Studies Index