The last guardian of the throne: the regional army in the late Qing dynasty

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Linan Peng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Qing Dynasty ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Coordination Failure ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Qing Dynasty ◽  
The Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Poor Recruitment ◽  
And Training

Abstract This paper investigates the organizational structure of the Xiang Army, one of the best-known regional armies in the late Qing dynasty. The army developed an organizational form to overcome problems that plagued the imperial army of the central government, namely, the poor recruitment and training of soldiers, the lack of incentives to fight in battles, and the coordination failure. This organizational structure, I argue, played a central role in the rise of the Xiang Army in the Qing dynasty.

scholarly journals The Use of Lace and Passementerie in China in the Qing Dynasty

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Huicui Miao ◽  
Feng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Qing Dynasty ◽  
Historical Documents ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
The West ◽  
Social Exchanges ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Qing Dynasty ◽  
The Late Qing Dynasty

With the increasing normalization of social exchanges between China and the west in the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of Western skills and products brought by missionaries were introduced into China, including a large number of lace and passemeterie. The description and analysis of such trimmings are not sufficient now. This paper takes the court dress at that time as the physical reference, analyzes it according to historical documents and western techniques. It shows that the earlier lace used is metal lace; During the Guangxu period, a large number of net lace appeared; At the same time, passemeterie was also widely used in China. Chinese society has no clear conceptual difference between lace and passemeterie, and they both are used as an edge decoration product from other culture.

scholarly journals How Social Transformation Is Affecting Female Clothing Change in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Early Republic of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Xuefei Zhang ◽  
Xiaoming Yang
Keyword(s):  
Qing Dynasty ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Early Republic ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Foot Binding

During the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China, women's clothing had a revolutionary change. Under the unprecedented social transformation in a millennium, Social Darwinism called for “mother of the citizens”, arousing public concern to release women's bodies. Anti-foot-binding movement awakened women's self-awareness and planted a hint of women's emancipation. While Feminism turned the value to the “parity of citizens,” women disguised their female character and dressed as men. Early Qipao was widespread during women’s liberation movement. The New Culture Movement facilitated ideology of Human Liberation. Women gradually possessed independence of personality and changed their corsets. They tended to confront and express body curves instead of cover and weakening.

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