The Chinese gazette in European sources : joining the global public in the early and mid-Qing dynasty /  by Nicolas Standaert.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Kangxi Period (1662-1722) -- The Yongzheng Period (1723-1735) -- The Qianlong Period (1736-1795) -- General Conclusion.

"The Chinese gazette as a publicly available government publication was distributed in a variety of formats since the twelfth century. Little is known, however, about its form and content before 1800. By looking at China from the periphery, this study shows how European sources offer a unique way of expanding the knowledge about the gazette of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its interconnected history illustrates how the Chinese gazette, as translated by European missionaries, became a major source for reflections on state and society by Enlightenment thinkers. It thus joined a global public much earlier than so far assumed"-- Provided by publisher.

Note: Jingbao; also called dibao 邸報 , dichao 邸抄.
Cover illustration: Drawing of A-gui 阿桂 by Giuseppe Panzi (c. 1780): BnF, Bréquigny 114, fol. 177r.

Local access dig.pdf [Standaert-Chinese gazette.pdf]

See also:

Tizou shijian 題奏事件 (memorialised documents) at Exploring the Peking Gazette (jingbao 京報) here

Translations of the Peking Gazette Online (BC community)