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The Qing court's Tibet connection: Lcang skya Rol pa'i rdo rje and the Qianlong Emperor

Article Abstract:

Interactions between the Qing court and Tibet during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-95) are discussed, with a focus on the role of Lcang skya Rol pa'i rdo rje, chief administrative lama of Beijing. Topics include Lcang skya's first mission to Tibet (1734-5), his second mission to Tibet (1757-9), and the Panchen Lama's visit to Beijing (1779-80).

Tibet, Chinese history, 18th century AD, Buddhism and state, Buddhism

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Late Qing perceptions of native opium

Article Abstract:

Historians imply that the Chinese clearly perceived opium as a health-destroying poison that British government had imposed upon Chinese to weaken their country. Most studies on China's opium debates during late Qing have focused on the importation of foreign opium prior to the Opium War.

United States, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Opium

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Listening to the printed martial arts scene: onomatopoeia and the Qing Dynasty storyteller's voice

Article Abstract:

The role played by sound in marital arts fiction and the implications of the same for the cultural practices of reading, writing, and printing in Beijing in the nineteenth-century is presented.

Evaluation, Martial arts, Chinese culture

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