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He Bian,Marten Soderblom Saarela

The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China

The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China

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Format: Hardback
Length: 406 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2025
Publisher: Harvard University Press

The Manchu Mirrors and the Knowledge of Plants and Animals in High Qing China is the first systematic study of the codification of Manchu and Chinese words for animals and plants in the eighteenth century. Bian and Söderblom Saarela show how Qing lexicographical practices left a lasting impact on natural historical scholarship in the modern era.


Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780674297517

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