China's transition to modernity : the new classical vision of Dai Zhen / Minghui Hu.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

The man and his times -- How Jesuit science conquered the Kangxi court -- Searching for truth in the origins of civilizations -- How to build a coalition around science -- An outsider enters the mainstream -- How to dethrone Jesuit science -- Bringing it home to the palace of light -- Legibility of visionary scholars.

Local access dig.pdf. [Hu-China's Transition.pdf]

Gardens of a Chinese emperor : imperial creations of the Qianlong Era, 1736-1796 / Victoria M. Cha-Tsu Siu ; with the posthumous assistance of Kathleen L. Lodwick.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.

Experiencing the garden of perfect brightness (Yuanming Yuan) -- Qianlong's garden of everlasting spring (Changchun Yuan) -- The garden of the clear ripples (Qingyi Yuan) on longevity hill (Shou Shan) -- The garden of tranquil luminescence (Jingming Yuan) on Jade Spring Hill (Yuquan Shan) -- The garden of quiet delight (Jinyi Yuan) on fragrant hill (Xiang Shan).

"The Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanming Yuan) in the western suburbs of the Qing capital, Beijing, was begun by the great Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) and expanded by his son, Yongzheng (r. 1722-1735) and brought to its greatest glory by his grandson, Qianlong (r. 1736-1796). A lover of literature and art, Qinglong sought an earthly reflection of his greatness in his Yuanming Yuan. For many years he designed and directed an elaborate program of garden arrangements. Representing two generations of painstaking research, this book follows the emperor as he ruled his empire from within his garden. In a landscape of lush plants, artificial mountains and lakes, and colorful buildings, he sought to represent his wealth and power to his diverse subjects and to the world at large. Having been looted and burned in the mid-nineteenth century by western forces, it now lies mostly in ruins, but it was the world's most elaborate garden in the eighteenth century. The garden suggested a whole set of concepts-religious, philosophical, political, artistic, and popular-represented in landscape and architecture. Just as bonsai portrays a garden in miniature, the imperial Yuanming Yuan at the height of its splendor represented the Qing Empire in microcosm."--back cover.

Conference proceedings, papers in Chinese and English.
Han-Zang Fojiao meishu yanjiu : di san jie Xizang kaogu yu yishu guoji xueshu taolunhui lunwenji 漢藏佛教美術研究：第三屆西藏考古與藝術國際學術討論會論文集 / Xie Jisheng 謝繼勝, Luo Wenhua 羅文華, Jing Anning 景安寧 eds.

Contains an article on Qianlong's tomb.

Han-Zang Fojiao meishu yanjiu 2008 漢藏佛教美術研究2008 . [A journal for Sino-Tibetan Buddhist art studies] / Xie Jisheng 謝繼勝.

Periodical, articles in Chinese and English, including two on the Qianlong emperor's tomb.

Preserved in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the kesi (silk tapestry) of the British Embassy has been exhibited in the context of Europe’s economic, cultural and exploitative encounters with the Americas, Africa and Asia. The kesi, which has contributed to the misinterpretation of China’s practice of foreign relations, provides invaluable insight into the political strategies of the Qianlong Emperor in the face of British imperialism. The work commemorates the infamous meeting between the Emperor and the English ambassador George Macartney in 1793. The event marks the failed negotiation between two incommensurable power systems due to conflicting interests and grave misunderstandings on both sides. Yet in English and Chinese language histories, the failed negotiation is often attributed to the backwardness of China’s practice of foreign relations. Within the context of historical writing and museum display, the kesi is made to emphasize the Emperor’s cultural blindness and ignorance of the changing world beyond China. A closer reading of the kesi will reveal that its image and inscription integrates the zhigong tu genre (the official documentation of China’s foreign relations) and li (the guiding principle of China’s foreign relations). I will argue that the emperor employed the zhigong tu genre and li to assert the power of the Qing Empire and divert his criticism of British imperialism. Pictorially the kesi follows the power structuring process of li by emphasizing the contingent relationship between the supreme lord (the Qianlong Emperor) and the lesser lord (George Macartney). The kesi’s inscription, composed by the Emperor himself, embodies the core of China’s tributary practice: “In my kindness to men from afar I make generous return.” Thus far, the kesi channels the conventions of zhigong tu and manifests the principles of li. During the Qing Dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor’s materialization of his power through the appropriation of zhigong tu and li was necessary to foster domestic confidence. The kesi, marking the end of China’s tributary practice, can be alternatively understood as the Emperor’s last capacity to maintain internal stability through the Chinese tributary system.--Abstract.

Local access dig.pdf. [Zhang Macartney.pdf]

Kang Yong Qian san di yu Xixue-Dongjian 康 雍乾三帝與西學東漸 / Wu Boya zhu 吳伯婭.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 496-505).

Longpao yu jiasha : Qinggong Zangchuan Fojiao wenhua kaocha 龍袍與袈裟：清宮藏傳佛教文化考察 / Luo Wenhua 羅文華.

摘要：

本書從清宮藏傳佛教神系發展的基本脈絡、皇家佛堂內部神秘的眾神世界及其象徵主義結構、以乾隆時期為代表的藏傳佛教繪畫和造像的真實狀?、藝術風格及其重要作品等方面，全面揭示了清宮藏傳佛教的基本面貌和主要特點，是近年來清代宮廷史研究的一部力作。

目次：

清帝的藏傳佛教信仰與治藏政策
第一章 萬神殿：藏傳佛教神系的成立與完善
第一節 印度佛教神系的形成與嬗變
第二節 西藏對佛教神系的引進與構建
第三節 清代宮廷對藏傳佛教神系的最後完善
第二章 智珠心印：清宮佛堂解析
第一節 故宮雨花閣藏密神系及其密宗四部思想
第二節 雨花閣唐卡
第三節 清宮六品佛樓
附錄清宮佛堂文獻摘錄
第三章 空與幻的美：佛教造像藝術
第一節 故宮藏斯瓦特風格銅造像
第二節 故宮藏喀什米爾風格銅造像
第三節 西藏古格那嘎拉咱王及其銅造像
第四節 故宮藏喀爾喀蒙古銅造像
第五節 清官藏傳佛教造像
附錄清宮佛教造像檔案摘錄
第四章 線條與色彩：佛教經典中的繪畫
第一節 明人書內府金藏經
第二節 乾隆時期宮廷藏傳佛教繪畫
附錄清官佛教繪畫檔案摘錄
第五章 感性與理性：清代宮廷佛教史拾零
第一節 清代駐京喇嘛管理機構
第二節 乾隆九年尼泊爾工匠進京考
第三節 滿文《大藏經》編纂史略
第四節 乾隆時期滿文阿禮嘎禮字
附錄清官佛教史文獻摘錄

Of body & brush : Grand sacrifice as text/performance in eighteenth-century China / Angela Zito.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.

Prologue: Clothing, Carrying, and Codifying -- pt. 1. Ruling Boundaries. 1. Signifying Emperorship: Of Portraits and Princes. 2. Method, Monarchy, and Ritual -- pt. 2. Text: Editing the Ritual Corpus. 3. Classifying Li: Time and Agency. 4. Writing the Ritualist Metaphysics: Self and World -- pt. 3. Performance: The Ritualizing Body Inscribes. 5. Sacrificial Spaces: Contextualizing the City. 6. Cosmic Preparation: Orders of Knowledge. 7. Filial Ceremony: Centering. 8. The Politics of Boundary: Inscription and Incorporation.

Proceedings of the first North American conference on Manchu studies (Portland, OR, May 9-10, 2003) : volume 1 : studies in Manchu literature and history. / Wadley, Stephen, et al.

Conference proceedings.

Contains a paper on Qianlong's tomb.

Qianlong zhuan 乾隆傳 / Tang Wenji, Luo Qingsi zhu 唐文基, 羅慶泗著.
Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint 2001.