From Peking to Mandalay

From Peking to Mandalay

Author: Reginald Fleming Johnston

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 373401154X

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From Peking to Mandalay - Journey from China to Buough Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Yunnan

From Peking to Mandalay - Journey from China to Buough Tibetan Ssuch'uan and Yunnan

Author: R. F. Johnston

Publisher: anboco

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 3736406150

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The journey of which an account is given in the following pages was not undertaken in the special interests of geographical or other science nor in the service of any Government. My chief object was to gratify a long-felt desire to visit those portions of the Chinese Empire which are least known to Europeans, and to acquire some knowledge of the various tribes subject to China that inhabit the wild regions of Chinese Tibet and north-western Yunnan. Though nearly every part of the Eighteen Provinces has in recent years been visited and described by European travellers, my route between Tachienlu and Li-chiang was one which—so far as I am aware—no British subject had ever traversed before me, and of which no description in book-form has hitherto appeared in any European language. From the ethnological point of view the Chinese Far West—to which the greater part of this book is devoted—is one of the most interesting regions in the world, and presents problems the solution of which would settle many of the vexed questions relating to the origin and inter-relations of the Asiatic peoples. As for its geographical interest, it may be sufficient to say here that the principalities of Chala and Muli contain what are probably the highest spots inhabited by man on the face of the globe, and that several of the passes crossed by my little caravan are loftier than the highest of the passes existing along the route traversed by the British expedition to Lhasa. My own contributions to geographical and ethnological lore are of the slenderest; but if I can persuade some of my readers that Tibetan Ssuch'uan and western Yunnan are worth visiting, be it only for the glory of their mountain scenery, I shall consider that my book has fulfilled the most useful purpose to which it aspires.


Scottish Mandarin

Scottish Mandarin

Author: Shiona Airlie

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9888139568

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Colonial administrator, writer, explorer, Buddhist, and friend to China's last emperor, Sir Reginald Johnston (1874–1938) was a distinguished sinologist with a tangled love and family life that he kept secret even from his closest friends. Born and educated in Edinburgh, he began his career in the colony of Hong Kong and eventually became Commissioner of the remote British leased territory of Weihai in northern China. He travelled widely and, during a break from colonial service, served as tutor and advisor to Puyi, the deposed emperor. As the only foreigner allowed to work in the Forbidden City, he wrote the classic account of the last days of the Qing Dynasty—Twilight in the Forbidden City. Granted unique access to Johnston's extensive personal papers, once thought to be lost, Shiona Airlie tells the life of a complex and sensitive character whose career made a deep impression on 20th-century China.


British Burma in the New Century, 1895–1918

British Burma in the New Century, 1895–1918

Author: Stephen L Keck

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-10-06

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1137364335

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British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them 'Burmaphiles' wrote against widespread misperceptions about Burma.


Buddhist China

Buddhist China

Author: Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13:

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"L'ouvrage traite dans les sept premiers chapitres du développement du bouddhisme Mahayana en Chine puis dans les six derniers chapitres de deux sites très réputés en Chine pour leurs activités religieuses, plus particulièrement bouddhistes. Le premier de ces sites est la montagne sacrée Jiuhua située dans la province d'Anhui. Le second site est la célèbre île de Putuo ou Putuoshan, située au large des côtes de la province du Zhejiang.