Banned Books as a State Apparatus in the Qing Dynasty: Ethnicity, Power and Concupiscence

Authors

  • Patchanee Tangyuenyong Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Keywords:

Banned book, Book Censorship, State apparatus, Qing Dynasty, Manchu

Abstract

This article aims to analyze one of the social phenomena during the Qing Dynasty, “Book Censorship,” an important feature in Chinese history. Three aspects of incarcerated knowledge will be analyzed—ethnic conflict, anti-political power, and the instability of social morality. Furthermore, this article will show the extent to which the campaign of banned books was employed by the Manchu as a means to be enthroned in the Dragon Empire. What the Manchu did was to ingeniously standardize the Hans’ ways of thinking via state apparatus, in terms of both subjugation and ideology.

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Published

2018-01-15

How to Cite

Tangyuenyong, P. (2018). Banned Books as a State Apparatus in the Qing Dynasty: Ethnicity, Power and Concupiscence. Thammasat Review, 20(1), 92–107. Retrieved from https://sc01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tureview/article/view/109362