Chen Jun lead-authored a paper on mid- and low-level Qing military officials in 历史档案 (Historical Archives). The title is 清后期中下层武官的满汉⽐例与出身构成 (Trends and Patterns in the Banner Affiliation and Qualifications of Low- and Mid-Level Military Officials in the Late Qing). This is our first publication using the quarterly rosters of military officers Zhongshubeilan 中枢备览. Chen Jun…
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Hong Kong Wetland Park
We recently visited the Hong Kong Wetland Park in Tin Shui Wai. I brought along my RF 800mm f11 and 2x extender. There wasn’t too much bird activity except at the saltwater marsh. Here is a link to the Hong Kong Wetland Park gallery at my Smugmug site.
Christian Science Plaza at night, Boston, Massachusetts
While in Boston, we visited the Christian Science Plaza. Here’s the Christian Science plaza gallery.
200 Clarendon Street (John Hancock Tower) pictures
While in Boston, I took some pictures of the John Hancock Tower, aka 200 Clarendon Street. I remember the building from my childhood. When I was small, my dad used to talk about it as an example of engineering gone awry. I remember in particular him talking about the windows popping out and falling to…
Boston, Massachusetts
I was in Boston, Massachusetts for a few days. I was pretty busy so didn’t have much time to take photographs. Here is the full gallery of Boston photographs.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
We spent a few days in Montreal. I was busy so didn’t get out much to take pictures. Most of the pictures I took were downtown, on my way to or from meetings or meals. Here is the original gallery of Montreal photos at Smugmug.
Kinship information in the 同年齿录 and related sources completed in August 2024
In mid-2023 we completed the entry of all of the information on the Jinshi 进士, Juren 举人, and Gongsheng 贡生 degree holders in the 19th century Classmate Books (同年齿录 for Jinshi and Juren, 明經通譜 for Gongsheng) and provincial exam Passer Lists (乡试录) that we could find. The resulting dataset has 73,744 records. Of these, 6,118…
CGED-Q Meeting at Central China Normal University, July 29, 2024-August 2, 2024
In conjunction with the public release of China Government Employee Dataset-Qing (CGED-Q) Jinshenlu (JSL) data for 1760-1798, we co-organized a research conference and training workshop on the China Government Employee Dataset-Qing (CGED-Q) at Central China Normal University (CCNU). Co-organizers included the CCNU School of History and Culture and Institute of Modern History and the University…
CGED-Q JSL 1760-1798 Draft Release
We have made available a draft release of the China Government Employee Dataset-Qing (CGED-Q) Jinshenlu (JSL) 1760-1798 data at the HKUST Dataspace: https://dataspace.hkust.edu.hk/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.14711/dataset/E9GKRS We expect to release a final version later in the year reflected corrections to any problems identified by users. We are grateful to Xue Qing and Bijia Chen who spotted issues with…
Aix-en-Provence by day
I added photos to my Aix-en-Provence by day gallery.