Spatialization of Imperial Power: Spatial Reconstruction and Power Operation of Jinshan Temple during the Southern Inspection Tours of Emperor Kangxi
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThis article is clearly of academic interst, for any historical expert interested in Qing politics, religion and/or architecture amd material culture.
However, the academic English comes across as "too translated", which means that the underlying Chinese original shines through too much. The article should be proofread by a native speaker of English, who has a good grasp of Chinese history. In some cases, the translation is misleading, as in "treating it between action and inaction (置之有无之间)”.
My second observation is that some of the illustrations, and in particular the long table need to be further integrated into the text of the article (example of a well-contextualised image: last picture, p. 15/16).
Finally: Since this is a Qing History text, use full-form characters 繁體字 throughout.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageSee above. Requires re-writing, following revision by a native-speaker.
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authors
Charts and illustrations are superior
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageAbstract: the tour did not initiate Qing control; war and a new kind of conquest initiated it
Most references are incorrectly cited. p. 1, l. 25, for example, author is Chang
p. 7, l. 169 scrolls, not volumes
p. 8, l. 196, rank, not position
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThis is a very interesting and generally well-written paper. While I did not find any major problems, I did find a number of minor issues, generally relating to clarity of the text or grammatical/spelling mistakes. Please kindly review the following suggestions:
Line 41
The text “utilization made by the monks” is unclear. What did they utilize?
Line 42
Change “The imperial” to “Imperial”
Line 47
Change “For the pictorial” to “For pictorial”
Lines 47-49
This sentence is unclear. Do you mean “to apply the analysis…..it is necessary”?
Lines 78-79
The text “thoughts of anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty” is awkward. Maybe change to “anti-Qing and pro-Ming ideology”? You might also mention that such ideology was probably more common in the south, where the Ming Dynasty clung to power for several decades before collapsing.
Line 79
Change “blind” to “blanket”
Line 80
Change “could not eliminate the” to “would not eliminate its”
Change “became more rampant” to “would become even stronger”
Line 81
Change “proposed to” to “proposed to regulate Buddhism by”
Line 82
I’d recommend that you translate “置之有无之间” as “treating it equally”.
Line 200
Change “location as” to “location at”
Line 205
Delete word “army”
Line 206
Delete word “this”
Line 245
Change “to remove” to “the removal of”
Line 246
Change “to rebuild” to “the rebuilding of”
Line 260
Change “alternations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties” to “Ming-Qing dynastic transition”
Lines 262-263
Change “led the monks on a self-renovation” to “worked on temple renovations”
Line 262
Change “until” to “during”
Change “the buildings” to “buildings”
Line 266
Change “did not” to “did not yet”
Line 267
Change “did not change” to “had not changed”
Line 279
Change “Tngyue” to “Tingyue”
Line 283
Change “carriers” to “manifestations”
Line 349
Perhaps change “religion” to “Daoism and Buddhism,” since the characters 仙佛 refer to them particularly.
Comments on the Quality of English LanguageAs noted above, the English language is basically fine, but needs to be carefully edited for clarity.
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