Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Conventions ix
4. Introduction. A Cultural History of the Manchu Script 1
5. Chapter 1. To Follow Fuxi or Kubilai Khan? Written Manchu Before 1644 17
6. Chapter 2. The Beijing Origins of Manchu Language Pedagogy, 1668–1730 43
7. Chapter 3. Phonology and Manchu in Southern China and Japan, c. 1670–1716 75
8. Chapter 4. Manchu Words and Alphabetical Order in China and Japan, 1683–1820s 97
9. Chapter 5. Leibniz’s Dream of a Manchu Encyclopedia and Kangxi’s Mirror, 1673–1708 121
10. Chapter 6. The Manchu Script and Foreign Sounds from the Qing Court to Korea, 1720s–1770s 145
11. Chapter 7. The Invention of a Manchu Alphabet in Saint Petersburg, 1720s–1730s 169
12. Chapter 8. The Making of a Manchu Typeface in Paris, 1780s–1810s 190
13. Conclusion 222
14. Notes 233
15. Index 289
16. Acknowledgments 299