Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. A Multitude of Lords: The Qing Empire, Manchu Rulership, and Interdomainal Relations
3. Planning and Organizing the British Embassy
4. King Solomon in All His Glory: The British Embassy in China
5. Guest Ritual and Interdomainal Relations
6. Channeling Along a Centering Path: Greeting and Preparation
7. Convergence: Audience, Instruction, and Bestowal
8. Bringing Affairs to a Culmination
9. Guest Ritual and Diplomacy
10. From Events to History: The Macartney Embassy in the Historiography of Sino-Western Relations
Appendix
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index