Taiwan in the Chinese Imagination, 17th-19th Centuries

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ID2132222
AuthorsEmma Jinhua Teng (corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume5
Issue6
Publication date2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJapan focus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1557466007021274
OpenAlexW1744011854
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Winter 1697: After four days and nights aboard a junk crossing the treacherous waters of the Taiwan Strait, Chinese traveler Yu Yonghe excitedly spotted the peaks of Taiwan's mountains on the horizon. In sight at last was the frontier island that he had longed to see since the Chinese conquest of Taiwan fourteen years earlier. As Yu wrote in his travel diary: Taiwan lies far beyond the Eastern Ocean and has never, since the dawn of Creation, sent tribute to China. Now we have made ... Taiwan the ninth prefecture of Fujian. By nature I am addicted to distant travel and I am fearless of obstacles and danger. Ever since Taiwan was put on the map, I have said that I would not be satisfied until I could see the place for myself

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Japanese History and Culture

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