The Sea of Learning - Mobility and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Guangzhou

Tables and Figures x Introduction 1(22) 1 Cosmopolitanism and Insularity: City and Hinterland in the Pearl River Delta 23(32) 2 Xie Lansheng's City: The Social Itinerary of the Cantonese Cultural Elite, 1810-130 55(36) 3 The City's New Landmark: Creating the Xuehaitang, 1820-1830 91(36) 4 Reshaping the Cultural Landscape: History, Poetry, and Anthology 127(37) 5 Academy, City, and Delta in Crisis and Reconstruction, 1830-1870 164(37) 6 A "Sojourner from Jiangnan": Chen Li and Han-Song Syncretism in Guangzhou 201(36) 7 Zhu "Jiujiang": Alternative Identities and the Delta's Critique of the City 237(39) 8 Reflections on the Sea of Learning: Mobility and Identity in a Cosmopolitan Family 276(25) APPENDIXES A Xuehaitang Co-Directors, 1826-1863 301(3) B Xuehaitang ji Table of Contents 304(13) REFERENCE MATTER Notes 317(78) Works Cited 395(30) Character List 425(12) Index 437