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portantly, what was not of value in their own. If Chinese nationalism, as Joseph Levenson defines it, could be truly established only when "nation" has overtaken "culture" as the focus of loyalty, then Hong Kong was understandably a fertile ground for the germination of modern Chinese nationalism. And through this, we can see the role Hong Kong has played in the history of modern China.
The 1884 episode is only one of many interesting episodes in Hong Kong history which have been overlooked in spite of their significance. If more of them could be studied in depth, our understanding of Hong Kong history would be enhanced.
NOTES
Abbreviations Used
CO129— Colonial Office, Original Correspondence series 129. FO228 Foreign Office, Embassy and Consular Archives, Correspondence series 228.
JHKBRAS― Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Shu Pao I—Shu Pao, (Taipei reprint, 1964). See note 10. Shu Pao II—Shu Pao, extracts in Chin-tai-shih tzu-liao (Sources on Modern History) 57:6 (1957.12) 20-30 see note 10.
(notes on Hu Ch'uan-ch'ao—
Tun-mo lui-fen the [Sino-French] War) (Taipei, 1973 reprint, original preface 1898), 2 Volumes, 8 chüan. See note 2.
+ Daily Press, 4th September, 1884,
* Hu Chuan-ch’ao Tun-mo lul-fen (notes on the [Sino-French] War) (Taipei, 1973 reprint; original preface 1898), 2 volumes, 8 chüan; chüan 2:34a. Hu had followed P'eng Yu-lin into Kwangtung and was attached to the Kwangtung military headquarters. He kept a close watch on the war and his notes are an important source on the subject.
A translated version of the proclamation is found in Marsh to Derby, 25th September, 1884, Despatch No. 336: Colonial Office Original Correspondence, Series 129 (hereafter CO129)/127. The lunar date was given as 16th day of the 7th moon which was 5th September, but was wrongly converted in the translation to 15th September. The Chinese original is in Hu Ch'uan-ch'ao, chüan 2:28b-29b.
The original is in ibid., chüan 2:28a-28b. The translated version is in the Daily Press, 1st October, 1884. For correspondence on this proclamation between Parkes, the British Minister in Peking, Hance, Acting British Consul at Canton and the Tsungli Yamen, see Parkes to Granville, 26th September, 1884, Despatch No. 190: Foreign Office, Embassy and Consular Archives, Correspondence Series 228 (hereafter FO228)/375, Parkes to Granville, 30th September, 1884, Despatch No.
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portantly, what was not of value in their own. If Chinese nationalism, as Joseph Levenson defines it, could be truly established only when "nation" has overtaken "culture" as the focus of loyalty," then Hong Kong was understandably a fertile ground for the germination of modern Chinese nationalism. And through this, we can see the role Hong Kong has played in the history of modern China.
The 1884 episode is only one of many interesting episodes in Hong Kong history which have been overlooked in spite of their significance. If more of them could be studied in depth, our understanding of Hong Kong history would be enhanced.
NOTES
Abbreviations Used
CO 129-- Colonial Office, Original Correspondence series 129. FO 228 Foreign Office, Embassy and Consular Archives, Corres- pondence series 228.
JHKBRAS― Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society.
Shu Pao I-Shu Pao, # (Taipei reprint, 1964). See note 10. Shu Pao II Shu Pao, extracts in Chin-tai-shih tzu-liao, GAERN, (Sources on Modern History) 57:6 (1957.12) 20-30 see note 10.
—
(notes on
Hu Ch'uan-ch'ao- † 4 §, Tun-mo lui-fen the__[Sino-French] War) (Taipei, 1973 reprint, original preface 1898), 2 Volumes, 8 chilan, See note 2.
+
Daily Press, 4th September,
1884,
•
* Hu Chuan-ch’ao # { $ Tun-mo lul-fen A 5 # (notes on the [Sino-French] War) (Taipei, 1973 reprint; original preface 1898), 2 volumes, & chian; chian 2:34a. Hu had followed P'eng Yu-lin into Kwangtung and was attached to the Kwangtung military headquarters. He kept a close watch on the war and his notes are an important source on the subject.
A translated version of the proclamation is found in Marsh to Derby, 25th September, 1884, Despatch No. 336: Colonial Office Original Correspondence, Series 129 (hereafter CO 129)/127. The lunar date was given as 16th day of the 7th moon which was 5th September, but was wrongly converted in the translation to 15th September. The Chinese original is in Hu Ch'uan-ch'ao, chúan 2:28b-29b.
'The original is in ibid., chüan 2:28a-28b. The translated version is in the Daily Press, 1st October, 1884. For correspondence on this proclamation between Parkes, the British Minister in Peking, Hance, Acting British Consul at Canton and the Tsungli Yamen, see Parkes to Granville, 26th September, 1884, Despatch No. 190: Foreign Office. Embassy and Consular Archives, Correspondence Series 228 (hereafter FO 228)/375, Parkes to Granville, 30th September, 1884, Despatch No.
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