Monarchs and Ministers

The Grand Council in Mid-Ch'ing China, 1723-1820

Ranked #63 in China History

This book describes the transformation of Ch'ing governance from monarchical rule to ministerial administration, presenting a wholly new account of the Grand Council's founding and rise to dominance. This period has been viewed as an era of intensified government centralization and increasing autocracy, but Bartlett persuasively demonstrates that this characterization must be modified in the light of her findings.

Bartlett identifies the inner-outer court dichotomy—often studied in earlier dynasties but never before in the Ch'ing—as the key framework for understanding Grand Council...
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