CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xi
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 A Multitude of Lords: The Qing Empire, Manchu Rulership, and Interdomainal Relations 29
6. 3 Planning and Organizing the British Embassy 57
7. 4 King Solomon in All His Glory: The British Embassy in China 84
8. 5 Guest Ritual and Interdomainal Relations 116
9. 6 Channeling Along a Centering Path: Greeting and Preparation 134
10. 7 Convergence: Audience, Instruction, and Bestowal 167
11. 8 Bringing Affairs to a Culmination 192
12. 9 Guest Ritual and Diplomacy 210
13. 10 From Events to History: The Macartney Embassy in the Historiography of Sino- Western Relations 225
14. Appendix 249
15. Glossary of Chinese Characters 253
16. Abbreviations 259
17. Bibliography 261
18. Index 285