The Image Of China In Du Halde's The General History Of China,Containing A Geographical,Historical,Chronological,Political And Physical Of The Empire Of China,Chinese-tartary,Corea And Thibet

Communications between China and the West have a long history.The image of China is constantly changing in the eyes of westerners,which is reflected in some Chinese and foreign works.In 17~thh and 18~thh century,the European missionaries played an important role in building the image of China for the west,which can be tracked in their writings.The edition of The General History of China,Containing a Geographical,Historical,Chronological,Political and Physical of the Empire of China,Chinese-Tartary,Corea and Thibet written by a French Jesuits named Du Halde in 1735 is about China.It is a classic study in the history of Chinese and western cultural exchanges.To explore the course of communication between China and the west,to understand the changes of China's image.This paper interprets the text of it,analyzes the Chinese geography,politics,history,culture image and so on constructed by this document and its role in constructing the western China image.The paper roughly divided into the following five parts:the first is the introduction part,to reply to the selected topic origin,at the same time it reviews the related to the topic of the academic history,the specific research ideas and research methods.The text is divided into five parts:the first part introduces the author and the background of the book,and summarizes the author's process of compiling and publishing the book.Chinese geographical image is analyzed in the second part,including the source of geographical information and the detailed.This paper analyzes the source of geographical information in the book and gives a detailed introduction to the geographical situation between the country and the provinces.The third part illustrates the Chinese political image in it.Mr Du Halde elaborated China's political system and administrative system.The fourth part analyzes the cultural image of China,in terms of the respect of religious belief,science and technology and social custom,this paper presenting a elaborated Chinese image.The fifth part analyzes the evolution of China's image in Europe and the relationship with it.This book had reached a peak in the image of China in Europe.It comes to conclusion,from the interpretation of this book,we can get a more comprehensive understanding of the image of China in the first half 18~thh century.Through the analysis of China's multi-layered image to it,the author thinks that it in depicting the basic reflected in the 18~thh century Europe about China's real face,to the west to convey a more positive image of China,is a milestone in the development of China's image in Europe,reflects the selection and utilization of the 18~thh century in the exchange of Chinese and the western culture.