Introduction / Minghui Hu and Johan Elverskog -- Part I. Cosmopolitan empire -- Making Manchus and Muslims: cosmopolitan identities in Qing China / James Frankel -- The appointment of Tian Wenjing and cosmopolitanism in Qing provincial government / R. Kent Guy -- Part II. Academic visions -- From special methodologies to cosmopolitan vision / Chang So-an and Minghui Hu -- Toward Buddhist cosmopolitanism: the pan-Asian vision of Gong Zizhen / Stephen Roddy -- Part III. Contact and exchange -- Kim Cheng-Hui (1786-1856): a late Chosen Korean polymath in the cosmopolitan world of Qing China / Benjamin Elman -- Cultural solidarity in troubled times: the inspiration of Yu Yue / Stephen Roddy -- Part IV. Culture and politics -- Did the Yellow Emperor come from Babylonia?: debating the origins of Chinese civilization in East Asia sun / Jiang and Minghui Hu -- Why culture?: the Great War and Du Yaquan's civilizational discourse / Wang Hui and Minghui Hu