000			00882nam a22001457a 4500
020			_a9780195375664
082			_a327.510 52 _bDRE/M
100			_aDreyer, June Teufel
245			_aMiddle kingdom & empire of the rising sun
260			_aOxford _bOUP _c2016
300			_a454p.
500			_a the Chinese distinction between themselves as civilized and all others as barbarians was, they [the Japanese nativists] argued, absurd, given the reality that barbarians had several times conquered China and the barbarian leader was the anointed as the son of heaven. Who, then, should be considered barbarian? To nativists, the logical conclusion was the Japan had become the true Middle Kingdom. While one might reverse China’s past accomplishments, China had declined into an entity that was no longer worthy of emulation.
650			_aJapan-Forieign relation-China
942			_cBK
999			_c43330 _d43330