Cherishing men from afar : Qing guest ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793 / James L. Hevia.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-284) and index.
An anthropological and historical perspective of the Qing Empire Manchu rulers meeting the Macartney British embassy in China from previously untranslated Chinese sources.

Introduction -- A multitude of lords : the Qing Empire, Manchu rulership, and interdomainal relations -- Planning and organizing the British embassy -- King Solomon in all his glory : the British embassy in China -- Guest ritual and interdomainal relations -- Channeling along a centering path : greeting and preparation -- Convergence : audience, instruction, and bestowal -- Bringing affairs to a culmination -- Guest ritual and diplomacy -- From events to history : the Macartney embassy in the historiography of Sino-Western relations.