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The Dynastic Centre and the Provinces Rulers & Elites Comparative Studies in Governance Series Editor Jeroen Duindam (Leiden University) Editorial Board Maaike van Berkel, University of Amsterdam Sabine Dabringhaus, Freiburg University Yingcong Dai, William Paterson University Jean-Pascal Daloz, Maison française, Oxford Jos Gommans, Leiden University Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, Warsaw University Metin Kunt, Sabanci University VOLUME 5 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/rule The Dynastic Centre and the Provinces Agents and Interactions Edited by Jeroen Duindam and Sabine Dabringhaus LEIDEN | BOSTON On the cover: Painting commemorating the Kangxi Emperor’s entry in Beijing on his sixtieth birthday (1713) with Lady Lai receiving the Imperial Procession (莱太夫人迎驾图记 / Lai taifuren ying jia tu ji). Courtesy Bibliothèque nationale de France (Dist. RMN-Grand Palais, image BnF 12-574977, reserve DF-8-FT 5). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The dynastic centre and the provinces : agents and interactions / edited by Jeroen Duindam and Sabine Dabringhaus. pages cm. — (Rulers & elites : comparative studies in governance, ISSN 2211-4610 ; volume 5) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-25148-9 (hardback : acid-free paper) — ISBN 978-90-04-27209-5 (e-book) 1. Royal houses—History. 2. Imperialism—History. 3. Politics and culture—History. 4. China—Territories and possessions—History. 5. Europe—Territories and possessions—History. 6. Turkey—Territories and possessions—History. 7. China—Politics and government—1369–1644. 8. Europe—Politics and government—1492–1648. 9. Turkey—Politics and government. 10. Turkey—History—Ottoman Empire, 1288–1918. I. Duindam, Jeroen Frans Jozef, 1962– II. Dabringhaus, Sabine. III. Title: Dynastic centre and the provinces. D105.D96 2014 320.4’049—dc23 2014006979 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual ‘Brill’ typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, ipa, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 2211-4610 isbn 978 90 04 25148 9 (hardback) isbn 978 90 04 27209 5 (e-book) Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill nv, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill nv incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Nijhoff, Global Oriental and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill nv provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, ma 01923, usa. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Contents Acknowledgements vii List of Figures and Maps viii Notes on Editors and Contributors x Introduction 1 Jeroen Duindam part 1 Agents 11 The Imperial Viceroy: Reflections on an Historical Type 13 Jürgen Osterhammel Devolution from the Centre to the Periphery: An Overview of Ottoman Provincial Administration 30 İ. Metin Kunt Broken Passage to the Summit: Nayancheng’s Botched Mission in the White Lotus War 49 Yingcong Dai Routine Promotions: Li Hu and the Dusty Byways of Empire 74 R. Kent Guy Ceremonial Demarcations. The Viceregal Court as Space of Political Communication in the Spanish Monarchy (Valencia, Naples, and Mexico 1621–1635) 94 Christian Büschges The Ambans of Tibet—Imperial Rule at the Inner Asian Periphery 114 Sabine Dabringhaus part 2 Interactions 127 Remonstrating Against Royal Extravagance in Imperial China 129 Patricia Ebrey ‘True and Historical Descriptions’? European Festivals and the Printed Record 150 Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly vi contents Ceremonial Entries and the Confirmation of Urban Privileges in France, c. 1350–1550 160 Neil Murphy ‘Willingly We Follow a Gentle Leader . .’: Joyous Entries into Antwerp 185 Margit Thøfner Historical Narratives of the Kangxi Emperor’s Inaugural Visit to Suzhou, 1684 203 Michael G. Chang Towards a Comparative Understanding of Rulership: Discourses, Practices, Patterns 225 Jeroen Duindam Index 233 Acknowledgements This volume is the result of cooperation among several institutions and persons. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) combined forces in an initiative to Coordinate Research between Europe and China (Co-Reach), the wider framework of our project: ‘Structures and Legacies of Dynastic Power in Late Imperial China and Early Modern Europe’. The world of acronyms and institutions, however, in practice works only through the active support of a number of persons. We would like to thank in particular: Dr. Berry J. Bonenkamp (NWO), Dr. Thomas Reineke (BMBF/Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrtbehörde), Dr. Philip Thelen (DFG) and Dr. Liu Yingxiang (Bureau of International Cooperation, CASS) for their support. Wu Boya (Beijing), Sabine Dabringhaus (Freiburg) and Jeroen Duindam (Leiden) worked together to organise three meetings, a first introductory workshop in Beijing (16–19 December 2009) followed by conferences in Wolfenbüttel (16–18 March 2011) and Leiden (31 August–2 September 2011). Scholars from China, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, France, Australia and the United States participated in the conferences. The practical aspects of these meetings were made possible by the indefati- gable support of Cilia Neumann, Rebecca Wensma, and Sander Molenaar. In Wolfenbüttel Volker Bauer and Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer contributed both to the practical and intel- lectual aspects of our meetings; colleagues from the universities of Leiden, Utrecht and Amsterdam stepped in to chair meetings at the Leiden conference, and contributed to our discussions, Harriet Zurndorfer, Jos Gommans, and Maarten Prak among them. In addition several people helped to turn our selection of conference papers into the sections and chapters of this book. Without their efforts this volume would probably not have come about. Special thanks go to Kate Delaney for her careful editing of the texts, and to David Claszen for proofreading and compiling the index. At Brill, Arjan van Dijk, Ivo Romein, Marti Huetink and Rosanna Woensdregt have been a constant sup- port; in addition Brill sponsored a reception at our Leiden meeting, which also served to present the first volume in this series, Royal Courts in Dynastic States and Empires. Finally we thank all the participants of our three meetings for their intellectually challenging but good-humoured input. Susan Naquin, Craig Clunas, Christian Windler, Joseph Bergin, Julian Swann, and Jan Hennings, among others, were key participants in these meetings even if their presence is only indirectly reflected in this volume. However incomplete this collection may still seem, it presents a first step to a compre- hensive comparison between monarchies in Europe and China. The editors List of Figures and Maps Yingcong Dai 1 Map of Qing China 59 2 Map of Nayancheng’s travels and major battles 60 R. Kent Guy 1 Map of Li Hu’s posts in Shandong 78 2 Map of Li Hu’s posts in Zhili 83 Patricia Ebrey 1 Playing Polo in the Palace Grounds, 1573 132 Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly 1 Stuttgart baptism 1617. Felicitas and Concordia 157 2 Festival on the occasion of Elector Ernst August’s visit to Piazzola, 1685. The Arrival of Neptune 159 Neil Murphy 1 Charles VII’s entry into Paris in 1437 164 2 Charles VI greeted on horseback by the municipal council at his inaugural entry into Paris in 1380 176 3 The presentation of gifts of silverware to King Charles V of France and the Emperor Charles IV following their joint entry into Paris in 1378 178 Margit Thøfner 1 Anjou’s Antwerp entry 1582. The Duke of Anjou before the Triumphal Arch on the Sint-Jansbrug mounted for his Joyous Entry 188 2 Detail of figure 1, The Duke of Anjou before the Triumphal Arch 189 3 Farnese’s Antwerp entry 1585. The Keizerspoort or Gate of St. George and surrounding ramparts 193 4 Albert and Isabel’s Antwerp entry, 1599. Inauguratio extra urbem 197 5 Albert and Isabel’s Antwerp entry, 1599. Introitus in urbem 197 6 Albert and Isabel’s Antwerp entry, 1599. Typus Herculis Gallici 199 list of figures and maps ix 7 Albert and Isabel’s Antwerp entry, 1599. Inaugurationis apparatus in foro 201 Michael G. Chang 1 Map of the Kangxi emperor’s southern tours 205 2 The Kangxi Emperor and his retinue in Shandong province during his second southern tour in 1689 207 Notes on Editors and Contributors The Editors Jeroen Duindam Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leiden, focuses on the comparative study of courts and dynasties in Europe and Asia. He is the author of Vienna and Versailles. The Court of Europe’s Dynastic Rivals (Cambridge, 2013; Italian and Spanish translations) and Myths of Power. Norbert Elias and the Early Modern European Court (Amsterdam, 1995). Currently Duindam writes a comparative global history of dynastic power, to be published by Cambridge University Press: Dynasty: A Global History 1300–1800. Sabine Dabringhaus is Professor of East Asian History at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Dabringhaus studies the imperial history of the Qing dynasty, Chinese
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