The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy Under the Qianlong Emperor (Sinica Leidensia, 162)

by: Mrten Sderblom Saarela (Author)

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Publication Date: 2024/1/17

Language: English

Print Length: 295 pages

ISBN-10: 9004685294

ISBN-13: 9789004685291

Book Description

This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist account of Manchu not as a language in decline, but as extensively and consciously used language.

About the Author

This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist account of Manchu not as a language in decline, but as extensively and consciously used language.