Mrten Sderblom Saarela, "The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy Under the Qianlong Emperor "
English | ISBN: 9004685294 | 2024 | 295 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 9004685294 | 2024 | 295 pages | PDF | 4 MB
This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist account of Manchu not as a language in decline, but as extensively and consciously used language.