Images of War

Name: Images of War
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ISBN: 9789813252127

The Cultural Construction of Qing Martial Prowess

Ma Ya-Chen

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NUS Press
15 December 2025

History of Art & Design Styles; Oriental art; Asian history; Military history

An innovative interdisciplinary work that sheds new light on Manchu rule.

The mechanisms by which the Manchu rulers of Qing dynasty China maintained their hegemony over a vast empire have long fascinated scholars, with New Qing History models challenging older Sinicization models in recent years. Images of War adds a new dimension to these debates, from an unlikely source: art history. Two seemingly disparate fields of inquiry are brought together in this innovative work, which presents Ming and Qing painting and visual culture in dialogue with Ming and Qing military history, offering a fresh new way of understanding the establishment and operation of imperial Qing cultural hegemony.

By: Ma Ya-Chen
Imprint: NUS Press
Country of Publication: Singapore
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 184mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9789813252127
ISBN 10: 981325212X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"List of Figures Introduction Part I: Military Achievement and the Official Career: Ming Images of War and Pictures of Personal Meritorious Deeds Chapter 1: Ming Images of War and the Visual Culture of Officialdom Part II: Military Attainment and the Great Qing: Literary and Martial Expressions of Military Achievement from Hong Taiji to Early Qianlong Chapter 2: Military Achievement and the Manchus: ""Pictorial Veritable Records of Taizu"" and Hong Taiji's Construction of Manchu Identity Chapter 3: Military Achievement and the ""Sagely Ancestor"" (?? Shengzu): The Kangxi Court's Consolidation of Martial Attainment Culture Part III: Martial Prowess and the Empire: Qianlong Images of Military Achievement in Light of the Western Campaigns Chapter 4: The Emergence of Battle Pictures and the Pavilion of Purple Splendour as an Exhibition Space for Imperial Military Prowess Chapter 5: Obtaining Victory in the Pacification of the Zunghar and Muslim Regions and the Military Prowess of the Empire Chapter 6: The Establishment of the Imagery of Martial Attainment Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index"

Ma Ya-chen is a professor at the Institute of History, National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.