Forgery and Impersonation in Imperial China : Popular Deceptions and the High Qing State.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terms and Conventions -- Dynastic Periods and Qing Reign Eras -- INTRODUCTION: Crimes, Commoners, and the State -- CHAPTER 1 Meng Guangzu: The Prince's Tour and the Struggle for the Throne -- CHAPTER 2 Secret Agents: High Tide and Disappearance, 1723-1800 -- CHAPTER 3 "En Route to My Post" and Other Tall Tales: Phony Officials on the Move -- CHAPTER 4 Phony Cops: The Persistence of Police Impersonation -- CHAPTER 5 Forgery: Gaining Trust in a Land of Documents and Seals -- CHAPTER 6 Bad Proxies and Bogus Credentials: Forgery and the Purchase of Official Rank -- CHAPTER 7 From Politics to Money: Legal Reckoning in the High Qing -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix: List of Archival Case Records -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Chinese Character Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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