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1、"ComingontotheMap":"WesternRegions"GeographyandCartographicNomenclatureintheMakingofChineseEmpireinXinjiangMillward,JamesA.,1961-LateImperialChina,Volume20,Number2,December1999,pp.61-98(Article)PublishedbyTheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPressDOI:10.1353/late.1999.0008Foradditionalinformationaboutthisart
2、iclehttp://muse.jhu.edu/journals/late/summary/v020/20.2millward.htmlAccessProvidedbyPennStateUnivLibrariesat05/18/123:38PMGMTComingontotheMap61“COMINGONTOTHEMAP”:“WESTERNREGIONS”GEOGRAPHYANDCARTOGRAPHICNOMENCLATUREINTHEMAKINGOFCHINESEEMPIREINXINJIANGJamesA.MillwardFollowingQingconquestoftheXinjia
3、ngregionin1759,oneofthefirstQingtravelerstoleaveanaccountfornon-officialreaderswasaManchu,Qi-shi-yi.Earlyinhis“RecordofThingsSeenandHeardintheWesternRegions”(Xiyuwenjianlu),undertheheadingofHamicity,Qi-shi-yiissuesthispro-nouncement:OutsideJiayuPass:sandandcobblesforathousandli,adearthofwaterandg
4、rass,littletraceofhumanity.Sinceancienttimesithasbeenthus.TheFormerHanhadbusinessonthefrontierandestab-lishedthecommanderiesofAnxiandDunhuang.Sinceourex-altedemperoropenedtheNewDominion(Xinjiang)inthenorth-west,tensofthousandsoflihave“comeontotheregistersandontothemap”(rubantu)intheirentirety.1Th
5、eclassicaltermrubantuishereperhapsbesttranslatedlessliterally,as“becomepartofourterritory,”forthewordwascommonlyusedinQingtimestodescribetheincorporationintotheQingempireoftwoenormousregions:Altishahr(theTarimbasinanditssurroundingMuslimoases,alsoknownasEasternTurkestan)andZungharia(thetriangular
6、basintothenorth1Qi-shi-yi,Xiyuwenjianlu,herequotedfromaneditionentitledXinjiangyutufengtukao,1(“Hami”):1.AnearlyversionofthispaperwaspresentedattheAssociationforAsianStudiesAnnualMeetinginMarch,1997.Iamgratefulforcommentsmadeatthattimebythepaneldiscussant,TimothyBrook,andalsoforsuggestionsonalate
7、rdraftfromananonymousreaderforLateImperialChina.ResearchinLondonandBeijingwassupportedbyGeorgetownUniversitythroughaSpringResearchGrantfromtheSchoolofForeignServiceandaSummerAcademicGrantfromtheGraduateSchoolofArtsandS