Download or read book The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy Under the Qianlong Emperor written by Mårten Söderblom Saarela and published by Sinica Leidensia. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist account of Manchu not as a language in decline, but as extensively and consciously used language.