On the Manchu Source <i>Jun gar-i ba-be necihiyeme toktobuha bodogon-i bithe</i> ( <i>Strategy Book for the Pacification of the Dzüüngarian Territory</i> ) (1770)

Abstract The Manchu source Jun gar-i ba-be necihiyeme toktobuha bodogon-i bithe ( Strategy Book for the Pacification of the Dzüüngarian Territory ), appeared in print in 1770 and Chinese block print in 1772 before being included in the Complete Book of the Four Storehouses (四庫全書) in 1781. The Qing dynasty (1644–1912) details in this chronicle the conquests of the Dzüüngar Empire (1671–1755), the Tibetan Plateau, and the Muslim city-states of the Tarim Basin, and also explores correspondence with the Imperial Russians, covering the Kyakhta Treaty signed in 1727 and issues that arose from it during the Qianlong (r. 1735–1796) era. It sheds light on the source content, the corpus of publications, and the Manchu-Chinese block prints compiled under Fuheng (1720–1770), the Qianlong emperor’s brother-in-law. This article explores the biographies of the supervisors and other contributing individuals in the compilation. The importance of the source, which covers 1700 to 1765, is also explored. The article aims to initiate a new academic conversation about this significant historical source.