Lost in Translation in the Sino-French War in Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23484346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Irene Baka (0000-0003-4806-0283), Qi Fei (0000-0002-9279-2687) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-19 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Morality and Responsibility of Rulers (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780199670055.003.0018 |
| OpenAlex | W2801080623 |
| ISBN | 9780199670055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter deals with the Sino-French War of 1883–85 in Tonkin, an area in modern Vietnam that was colonized by the French, with an eye to shedding light as to how cultural and semantic factors interfered with the way the French and Chinese administrations perceived, interpreted, and reacted to the diplomatic and military events that led to the Sino-French war. It suggests that there was a deep communication chasm between the French and Chinese administrations and profound differences in their respective philosophies. There was diplomatic doubletalk, which was further accentuated by the ideological incoherence of the French administration and the atypical organization and functioning of the Qing Empire and particularly the Tsungli Yamen, which was basically the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The ultimate question is how the proactive, amoral Western concept of international legal order could ever coexist peacefully with the Chinese traditional ideas of justice, reasonableness, and Confucian passivity.
Ancient history · China · Christian ministry · Economic Justice · Empire · Ideology · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |