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Vol. 80
ISSN：
1029-4740
Date：
2013-6
Softcover：250 TWD
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Pages：
185
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Abstract：
This issue contains three articles: “Reproducing Renaissance Naturalist Images and Knowledge at the Qianlong Court: A Study of the “Album on Beasts””, by Lai Yu-chih;” The Colonial Management through Capitalist-Official Cooperation under the Cooperation of Enterprises and Government: A Case Study of Kazimakumi in Taiwan (1899-1926)”, by Tsai Lung-pao; Research and Discussion :”Debate and Dilemma in the Narratives of “Civilization” and “Colonization”: A Discussion with Professor John E. Herman”, by Li Lin; Book Reviews:” Ren Zhiyong, A Reexamination of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in the Late Qing Dynasty: Focusing on the Dual System”, by Hou Yen-po; “Zhu Ying, Research on Merchant Movements (1924-1930)”, by Zhang Ji-ru.
Contents
Articles
Reproducing Renaissance Naturalist Images and Knowledge at the Qianlong Court: A Study of the “Album on Beasts”
[Abstract]
Lai Yu-chih
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This article focuses on a work from the Qing dynasty court entitled “Album on Beasts” (Shoupu), which has been very little researched up to now. Its production was a subproject of a much larger plan involving two other, better-known projects, “Album on Birds” (Niaopu) and “Illustrations of Official Tribute” (Zhigong tu). All three projects were begun in 1750 and completed in 1761. They thus preceded the Complete Libraries of the Four Treasuries (Siku quanshu) project, and while the latter focused on texts, the former was an ambitious attempt to visualize all beings under his majesty’s rule, as well as indicating a sage-king bringing prosperity by nurturing things according to their seasons. The most innovative aspect of this major project lay in its deliberate dialog with traditional Chinese productions of a similar nature. By denouncing them as empirically deficient, the Qianlong project represented itself as unprecedentedly realistic, and assigned an important role to naturalist images and styles with three-dimensional rendering learned from Europe. This article concludes that “Album on Beasts” reveals a new visual turn that attempted to deliver knowledge and connect with the outside world. The relatively high degree of “realism” of the images actually represents a coherence of both fact and fiction, using a style of realism to endorse traditional Chinese governance as well as the Qianlong Emperor’s ideal “reality” of rule.
Keyword
：Qing court studies, “Album on Beasts” (Shoupu), Sino-European cultural exchanges, European natural knowledge in the Qing Court, Qing court style
The Colonial Management through Capitalist-Official Cooperation under the Cooperation of Enterprises and Government: A Case Study of Kazimakumi in Taiwan (1899-1926)
[Abstract]
Tsai Lung-pao
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Major Japanese enterprises during the period of Japanese rule have received considerable attention, such as the politically-connected Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and sugar companies, but also worth examination are the activities of other enterprises in many fields that had longterm cooperation with the Japanese government and played an important role in the colonial management. With their bases in Japan, these enterprises became a means for the Governor-General of Taiwan to follow a “production and industry” policy. Kazimakumi is a good example of this top-to-bottom transplant policy. Kazimakumi’s development in Taiwan reflected both the hopes of the colonial ruler and also the needs of Kazimakumi’s enterprise management. Kazimakumi was able to use its access to technology, the particular opportunity, and its connections to join the big railroad construction projects in Taiwan, play an important role in the construction of infrastructure or so-called social capital, and profit from the combination of colonial management and enterprise management. The implementation of national policy had a great impact on the movement of capital in this period. This article concludes that the pattern of cooperation between enterprises and colonial government not only existed in the field of civil engineering, but was a structural aspect of other fields as well.
Keyword
：contractor, Kazimakumi, railroad, management, capital
A Study of the Military Maneuvers of the Beiyang New Army in the Late Qing
[Abstract]
Peng He-chao
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The Qing Army began to carry out military exercises after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Yuan Shikai carried out military maneuvers in the process of training the New Army in Xiaozhan. The Beiyang New Army military maneuvers inherited Yuan’s approach and further enriched its form. When each Division was established or trained for three years, then the Qing government would carry out military maneuvers for review. Each Division or two Divisions would carry out military maneuvers for training in the fall to increase their fighting capacity. The Beiyang New Army carried out its first large-scale military maneuvers in Hejian in the fall of 1905, followed by large-scale military maneuvers in Zhangde in the fall of 1906 and Yongping in the fall of 1911. Compared to the Xiaozhan military confrontation training, the Beiyang New Army training included a variety of new features, which improved its capabilities and also promoted the New Army’s modernization toward the end of the Qing Dynasty. The Beiyang New Army became the best of the best because of its military maneuvers. However, the military maneuvers also accelerated the implementation of the Qing court’s centralization policies to some extent.
Keyword
：Beiyang New Army, military maneuvers, Yuan Shikai, Xiaozhan Army, military confrontation training
Research and Discussion
Debate and Dilemma in the Narratives of “Civilization” and “Colonization”: A Discussion with Professor John E. Herman
[Abstract]
Li Lin
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151
This article aims to offer a comprehensive review of Amid the Clouds and Mist: China’s Colonization of Guizhou, 1200-1700 by Professor John E. Herman through an intensive examination of its research perspectives, chapter structure, source, basic ideas, and minor flaws. This article also attempts to point out the fundamental dilemma in choosing between the narratives of “civilization” and “colonization,” as well as the dualistic paradigm of “central government” versus “local society” that is generally applied in investigating the vicissitudes of south China in the late imperial era.
Keyword
：civilization, colonization, Guizhou, tusi (native chieftain) system, Nasu Yi people
Book Reviews
Ren Zhiyong,
A Reexamination of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service in the Late Qing Dynasty: Focusing on the Dual System
Hou Yen-po
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171
Zhu Ying,
Research on Merchant Movements (1924-1930)
Zhang Ji-ru
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179
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