Introduction 1
Chapter One Views on China of Macartney and Amherst with a Short Examination of the Views of Henry Dundas and Castlereagh 1
Chapter Two Views on China of the Retinues of the Macartney and Amherst Embassies 22
Chapter Three Views on China of British Contemporaries of the Macartney and Amherst Embassies 57
Chapter Four Views on China:Some Special Cases 88
Chapter Five Accounting for the Differences in British Views on China 121
Chapter Six Reasons for the Increase in British Criticism of China 154
Chapter Seven Some Comparisons 180
Conclusion 202
Appendices 213
1 Historical Anachronism:The Qing Court's Perception of and Reaction to the Macartney Embassy 213
2 List of the Writers Whose Views on China Are Examined or Referred to in This Book 229
3 List of Some Pinyin Romanized Chinese Names and Terms with Comparisons 231
Notes 232
Bibliography 284
Ⅰ Primary Sources 284
Ⅱ Second Sources 294
Ⅲ 部分中文参考文献 309
Index 313