LEADER 05349nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910461953503321 005 20211105232202.0 010 $a3-11-091489-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110914894 035 $a(CKB)2670000000250684 035 $a(EBL)937893 035 $a(OCoLC)843635655 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000594871 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11427066 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000594871 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10552672 035 $a(PQKB)10481165 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC937893 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00009570 035 $a(DE-B1597)46949 035 $a(OCoLC)979850397 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110914894 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL937893 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597291 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000250684 100 $a19981118d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChinesia$b[electronic resource] $ethe European construction of China in the literature of the 17th and 18th centuries /$fAdrian Hsia 205 $aReprint 2010 210 $aTu?bingen $cNiemeyer$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (152 p.) 225 1 $aCommunicatio,$x0941-1704 ;$vBd. 16 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a3-484-63016-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-144). 327 $tFront matter --$tPreface --$tTheorizing Sinism: An Analysis of Chinesia --$tHistory as Fiction, Fiction as History: The Manchu Conquest of China in Dutch and English Drama of the 17th Century --$tThe Chinesian Vision: From the Image of China as a Nation of Christian Converts in the German Fiction of the 17th Century to That of an Ideal State Ruled by Confucianized Tartars in the Drama of Voltaire --$tThe Transformation of Chinesia from Jesuitical Fiction to Jesuit College Drama: A Preliminary Survey --$tThe Transplanted Chinese Orphan In England, France, Germany, Italy And his Repatriation to Hong Kong --$tSinism Within a Despotic Oriental Utopia: From Montesquieu's l'Esprit des lois to Albrecht von Haller's Political Novel Usong --$tChinesia in Weimar: The Transition From J.G. Herder's Sinophobia to S. von Seckendorff's Sino-Romanticism --$tIn Lieu of a Conclusion: The Eschatological Sinism of Hegel, Marx, and Weber --$tBibliography 330 $aOur perception of the Others is based on our conception of ourselves. In theory the Others should be different. If necessary, we alter their images to accommodate the apperception of ourselves. Thus Chinesia, an amalgamation of facts and fiction, was created. In order to avoid previous repetition of stereotypes and prejudices, the present study re-examines the parameters which created Chinesia and traces its development to the end of the 18th century. It discusses the reports of the European seafarers and trade embassies to China and analyzes the situation of the Jesuit missionaries and their European publications on China. These helped to develop a wondrous China during Baroque and early Enlightenment which, however, gradually became offensive to Christian pride. After Christian Wolff was dismissed from the University of Halle and banished from Prussia for eulogizing Confucianism, China was steadily downgraded, particularly by the historicists who were re-evaluating the position of Europe in World History. The white race was perceived as superior to all other races (David Hume and Kant); consequently, the complexion of the Chinese became increasingly yellower. It darkened from the Meerschaum hue (Lichtenberg) to the color of dried orange peels (Gobineau) toward the end of the 19th century. Finally, the Chinese were considered to be too stupid to have created the Chinese culture. The literary works of these periods reflect this development. The literary study begins with the analysis of European dramatization of the Manchu Conquest of China and its subsequent fictional Christianization. Then the Jesuit plays with Chinese themes are discussed, for the first time in literary history. Also analyzed is the reception of the Chinese Orphan motive in European literature which was the turning point in downgrading China, and subsequently Montesquieu's impact on Albrecht von Haller's novel "Usong" is examined. Thereafter, the study scrutinizes the contradictory positions of Herder and von Seckendorff (or Goethe, for that matter) in Weimar. The book concludes with a concise analysis of the 'eschatological sinism' of Hegel, Marx and Weber to indicate the development of the later centuries. 410 0$aCommunicatio (Tu?bingen, Germany) ;$vBd. 16. 606 $aEuropean literature$y17th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEuropean literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEuropean literature$xChinese influences 607 $aChina$xIn literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEuropean literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEuropean literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEuropean literature$xChinese influences. 676 $a809.933251 676 $a833.912 700 $aHsia$b Adrian$0684470 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461953503321 996 $aChinesia$91265517 997 $aUNINA