Spectacle, Protocol, Charisma, and the Ming Legacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3606840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joshua C Herr (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 342-359 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00219118-11591159 |
| OpenAlex | W4408941925 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Through an examination of a Qing diplomatic mission to Lê Vietnam in 1683, this article proposes that Lê-Qing relations were an integral part of the seventeenth-century Qing consolidation and reflected a regional diplomatic culture. By considering aspects of the 1683 encounter, including public spectacle along the envoy route, debates over ritual protocol, imperial gifts of calligraphy and investiture seal, and articulations of tribute ideology, this article demonstrates how Qing diplomacy in Vietnam was consistent with the Kangxi consolidation. At the same time, these diplomatic interactions were arenas for Lê contestation of Qing hegemony on the basis of the Ming legacy. More broadly, this article argues for the significance of the Ming diplomatic legacy and the aspirations of former Ming tributary states for understanding the changing regional order of the seventeenth century
Charisma · Political science · Protocol (science) · Spectacle · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Medicine
Sons of Heaven
Boundaries and Trade in the Early Modern World
Trade and Expansion in Han China
Ming China and Vietnam
Remaking the Chinese Empire
State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan
The Ryukyu Kingdom
Carnival of the Aliens. Korean Embassies in Edo-Period Art and Popular Culture
A History of the Vietnamese
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |