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The hunt 2017 borderlands 2 scroll4/8/2023 ![]() Peter Bang and Dariusz Kołodziejczyk define “universal emperor” as a ruler who “staked out a claim to be the supreme monarch in the sea of contentious and rival lordships all others ranked below him and were thus, in a sense, part of his hegemony, even if they eluded direct control…. ![]() The Qianlong emperor is portrayed as a supreme power toward whom all peoples naturally turned due to his innate superiority and the universality of the moral authority that he wielded. The Huang Qing zhigong tu is the product of the logic and ideology of universal empire. The broad geographic scope of its textual content, ethnographic detail, refined artistry, and the timing of its commissioning together make it the single-most important and comprehensive statement of Qing imperial ideology vis-à-vis the empire’s internal others, frontier populations, and representatives of foreign countries. 2 The overall focus is on the diversity of peoples, the history of their contact with dynastic China, the administrative systems by which they are governed, and their distinctive cultural traits. 1Įach segment of the scroll pairs an illustration depicting a male and a female figure in distinctive costume with descriptive text in both Classical Chinese and Manchu. ![]() We are pleased to present here the first full English-language translation of the ethnographic texts as well as a full-color reproduction of the artwork from the Xie Sui edition held in the National Palace Museum, Taipei. ![]() Commissioned by the Qianlong emperor in the middle of the eighteenth century, the Qing Imperial Illustrations of Tributary Peoples constitutes both a captivating work of art and an ideological statement of universal rule undergirded by imperial power. A beautifully illustrated ethnographic document depicting over three hundred different peoples with whom the Qing dynasty had contact, Xie Sui’s Huang Qing zhigong tu ( 皇清職貢圖) defined the Qing empire as a diverse and multiethnic polity rooted in dynastic history with connections to lands and peoples beyond its actual jurisdiction.
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