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*''Written: [[1842]], [[Wei Yuan]]''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 聖武記 ''(shèng wǔ jì / sei mu ki)''
The ''Shèngwǔjì'' was a book on [[Qing Dynasty]] rebellions and border conflicts, written by [[Wei Yuan]] in [[1842]]. Despite its potentially "dangerous" content (discussion of military strategy was not considered appropriate for public knowledge), which should have caused it to be censored by the [[Nagasaki]] authorities and blocked from entering the country, copies of the book were quickly obtained by prominent shogunate officials.
The first copy known to have entered Japan came aboard a Chinese ship at [[Nagasaki]] in [[1844]] and was quickly acquired by ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' [[Abe Masahiro]]. The three other ''rôjû'' soon obtained copies as well. By [[1848]], imported copies were finding their way onto the public (popular) market, and by [[1850]], Japanese translations had been published and were being read by many shogunate officials and prominent intellectuals.
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==References==
*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 75.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 聖武記 ''(shèng wǔ jì / sei mu ki)''
The ''Shèngwǔjì'' was a book on [[Qing Dynasty]] rebellions and border conflicts, written by [[Wei Yuan]] in [[1842]]. Despite its potentially "dangerous" content (discussion of military strategy was not considered appropriate for public knowledge), which should have caused it to be censored by the [[Nagasaki]] authorities and blocked from entering the country, copies of the book were quickly obtained by prominent shogunate officials.
The first copy known to have entered Japan came aboard a Chinese ship at [[Nagasaki]] in [[1844]] and was quickly acquired by ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' [[Abe Masahiro]]. The three other ''rôjû'' soon obtained copies as well. By [[1848]], imported copies were finding their way onto the public (popular) market, and by [[1850]], Japanese translations had been published and were being read by many shogunate officials and prominent intellectuals.
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==References==
*[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 75.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
