1st Edition
Strengthen the Country and Enrich the People The Reform Writings of Ma Jianzhong
By Paul Bailey
Copyright 1998
116 Pages
by
Routledge
116 Pages
by
Routledge
116 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ma Jianzhong was a close adviser to the powerful Qing government official, Li Hong-zhang, and wrote several essays between 1878 and 1890 outlining his plans for economic and administrative reform. He was the first Chinese to advocate the creation of a specialized and professional diplomatic corps. His contribution to the late nineteenth-century Chinese discourse on the state and the economy has... Read more
Introduction, Paul Bailey; Chapter 1 A Letter to Li Hongzhang on Overseas Study (1878); Chapter 2 Reply from Marseille to a Friend (1878); Chapter 3 A Discussion of Railroads (1879); Chapter 4 On the Use of Loans to Build Railroads (1879); Chapter 5 On Enriching the People (1890);
Biography
Paul J. Bailey
