CH'ING ADMINISTRATION FOREWORD AUTHORS' PREFACE ON THE TRANSMISSION OF CH'ING DOCUMENTS 1.THE CH'ING POSTAL SYSTEM 2.THE ACTUAL SPEED OF TRANSMISSION IN THE PERIOD 1842-1860 ON THE TYPES AND USES OF CH'ING DOCUMENTS 1.INTRODUCTION 2.PROCEDURE IN THE GRAND SECRETARIAT (NEI KO) 3.PROCEDURE IN THE GRAND COUNCIL (CH��N CHI CH'U) 4.SELECT LIST OF PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS OF CH'ING65DOCUMENTS 5.CATALOGUE OF TYPES OF DOCUMENTS ON THE CH'ING TRIBUTARY SYSTEM 1.THE TRADITIONAL ROLE OF TRIBUTE 2.TRIBUTARIES OF THE LATE MING 3.THE LI FAN Y��AN (COURT OF COLONIAL AFFAIRS) UNDER THE CH'ING 4.CH'ING TRIBUTARIES FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST-154GENERAL REGULATIONS 5.EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE CH'ING TRIBUTARY SYSTEM 6.CH'ING TRIBUTE EMBASSIES AND FOREIGN TRADE 7.A SELECTED LIST OF CH'ING WORKS (1644-1860) ON200MARITIME RELATIONS 8.INDEX OF TRIBUTARIES LISTED IN SIX EDITIONS OF214THE COLLECTED STATUTES APPENDIX1 APPENDIX2 CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE WEST PREFACE TO THE 1979 EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS REIGNS OF THE CH'ING DYNASTY 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION CHAPTER �� SOME ELEMENTS IN THE CHINESE INTELLECTUAL TRADITION 2 RECOGNITION OF CHINA'S NEED TO KNOW THE WEST, CHAPTER ��� COMMISSIONER LIN'S PROGRAM FOR MEETING BRITISH AGGRESSION CHAPTER �� THE POLICY OF CONCILIATION CHAPTER V THE EMERGENCE OF THE THEORY OF SELF-STRENGTHENING 3 THE DESIRE FOR WESTERN TECHNOLOGY,1861- CHAPTER �� TSENG KUO-FAN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD WESTERNERS AND THEIR MACHINERY CHAPTER MI LI HUNG-CHANG AND THE USE OF WESTERN ARMS��CHAPTER MII INSTITUTIONS FOR LINGUISTIC AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES (THE T'UNG-WEN KUAN) CHAPTER IX TSO TSUNG-T'ANG AND THE FOOCHOW SHIPYARD 4 EFFORTS AT SELF-STRENGTHENING 1871-1896 CHAPTER X THE PROBLEM OE LEADERSHIP:��PERSONALITIES AND INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER XI TRAINING STUDENTS ABROAD CHAPTER XI DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ABROAD CHAPTER XI��I PROBLEMS OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION EFFORT CHAPTER XV THE ATTEMPT AT A POSITIVE FOREIGN POLICY 5 THE REFORM MOVEMENT THROUGH CHAPTER XV PROMOTERS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE CHAPTER XM K'ANG YU-WEI AND SOME OF HIS ASSOCIATES CHAPTER XM THE REFORM PROGRAM OF CHANG CHIH TUNG CHAPTER XMI THE FAILURE OF CHAPTER XIX THE BOXER UPRISING 6 REFORM AND REVOLUTION 1901-1912 CHAPTER XX THE CONSERVATIVE REFORM MOVEMENT CHAPTER XXI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER XMI LIANG CH'I-CH'AO AND NATIONALISM CHAPTER XXII SUN YAT-SEN'S EARLY REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAM 7 IDEOLOGICAL FERMENT AND THE MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT 1912-1923 CHAPTER XXV THE SEARCH FOR NEW PRINCIPLES CHAPTER XXV EARLY CONVERTS TO MARXISM CHAPTER XXM HU SHIH AND PRAGMATISM IN CHINA CHAPTER XXM SUN YAT-SEN'S REORIENTATION OF THE REVOLUTION CHAPTER XXMII LIANG CH'I-CH'AO'S REVIEW OF CHINA'S PROGRESS, 1873-1922 POSTFACE A FURTHER APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM RESEARCH GUIDE FOR CHINA'S RESPONSE TO THE WEST NOTES AND SOURCES BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY