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"This book is about the progress, migration, and impact of the Manchu written language. A key characteristic of Manchu is that it could be read by speakers of other languages without those speakers' ever hearing it spoken. This is a book in intellectual history, cultural history, and the history of language"--

Manchu language --- S22/0400 --- Manju language --- Altaic languages --- Tungus-Manchu languages --- History --- Writing --- Study and teaching --- Influence on foreign languages --- North-eastern provinces (Manchuria)--Language (Manchu and Tungusic) --- China --- History. --- Influence on foreign languages. --- African Studies. --- Asian Studies. --- Middle Eastern Studies.

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From precious jade articles to monumental stone arches, Huizhou salt merchants in Jiangnan lived surrounded by objects in eighteenth-century China. How and why did these businessmen devote themselves to these items? What can we learn about eighteenth-century China by examining the relationship between merchants and objects? Luxurious Networks examines Huizhou salt merchants in the material world of High Qing China to reveal a dynamic interaction between people and objects. The Qianlong emperor purposely used objects to expand his influence in economic and cultural fields. Thanks to their broad networks, outstanding managerial skills, and abundant financial resources, these salt merchants were ideal agents for selecting and producing objects for imperial use. In contrast to the typical caricature of merchants as mimics of the literati, these wealthy businessmen became respected individuals who played a crucial role in the political, economic, social, and cultural world of eighteenth-century China. Their life experiences illustrate the dynamic relationship between the Manchu and Han, central and local, and humans and objects in Chinese history.

Merchants --- Salt industry and trade --- Manchus --- Material culture --- S04/0680 --- S10/0450 --- S10/0500 --- Culture --- Folklore --- Technology --- Manchu (Manchurian people) --- Ethnology --- Tatars --- Tungusic peoples --- Nonmetallic minerals industry --- Businesspeople --- History --- Social networks --- Kings and rulers --- China: History--Qing: general: 1644 - 1912 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Commerce inside China: general and before 1911 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Industries and industrialization: general and before 1911 (economic aspects come here) --- Huizhou Diqu (China) --- China --- Hui-chou ti chʻü (China) --- Huizhou Prefecture (China) --- Hui-chou Prefecture (China) --- Anhui Sheng Huizhou Diqu (China) --- History of Asia --- anno 1700-1799 --- Commerce --- 徽州地区 (China) --- Huangshan Shi (China : Prefecture)