List of Tables and Illustrative Material
Acknowledgments
Note on Technical Matters
Reign Titles of the Ch'ing Emperors (1644–1911)
Principal Events Mentioned in the Text
Prologue[1]
Part One
Grand Council Antecedents in Yung-cheng's Divided Inner Court, 1723–35[13]
Divided Inner Court, 1723–35[13]Divided Inner Court, 1723–35[13]Divided Inner Court, 1723–35[13]1. Strengthening the Inner Courtin the Early Yung-cheng Period[17]
Inner Courtin the Early Yung-cheng Period[17]Inner Courtin the Early Yung-cheng Period[17]Inner Courtin the Early Yung-cheng Period[17]2. Yung-cheng's Inner-Court Assistants: Prince and Grand Secretary[65]
3. The Inner-Court Imperial Deputies[89]
4. The Inner-Court Subordinate Staffs Set up for the Zunghar Campaign[120]
Part Two
Grand Council Founding and Expansion in Ch'ien-lung's Consolidated Inner Court, 1735–99[135]
Consolidated Inner Court, 1735–99[135]Consolidated Inner Court, 1735–99[135]Consolidated Inner Court, 1735–99[135]5. Inner-Court Transformation under the Interim Council, 1735–38[137]
6. The Structure of the Eighteenth-Century Grand Council[169]
7. Grand Council Subordinate Organizations[200]
Part Three
Denouement[229]
8. The Chia-ch'ing Reforms of the Grand Council, 1799–1820[231]
Epilogue[257]
Appendix A. Analysis of "The Board" Notices in Yung-cheng–Period Documents[279]
Appendix B. References to the High Officials in Charge of Military Finance, Pan-li Chün-hsu ta-ch'en[284]
Appendix C. Names of High Officials of the Yung-cheng Period, Pan-li Chün-hsu ta-ch'en and Pan-li Chün-chi ta-ch'en[287]
Appendix D. Inner-Court Manchu Clerks of the Yung-cheng Period[289]
Appendix E. Interim Council Editorial Committee Members[291]
Appendix F. The Work of the Grand Council Manchu Division (Man-pan) as Shown by the Topics of One Sample Month of Manchu Palace Memorials Early in the Ch'ien-lung Reign[294]
Notes[299]
Bibliography of Works Cited[383]
Glossary-Index[401]
