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How European maps of China helped paint a picture of the Middle Kingdom during the age of exploration
127 European maps of China made during the Ming and Qing dynasties feature in a book which shows how the Middle Kingdom was seen in the West, and by itself The Kangxi emperor is unhappy.
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Red Manifesto
In 1706, at the height of the Chinese Rites Controversy, the Kangxi Emperor appointed two Jesuit missionaries, Fathers Antonio de Barros and Antoine de Beauvollier, as his special envoys to Rome.
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Overview and expansion of the Qing dynasty
Jesuits are members of the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus. Yongzheng's father the Kangxi Emperor did not clearly designate a successor, and there was much competition among the princes as to who ...
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Manchu and Han Banquet
The Manchu and Han banquet was introduced during Emperor Kangxi’s reign at the government house and official residence of the upper strata. The Manchu and Han banquet derived from changes in the ...
Beijing Palace Museum, France’s Palace of Versailles loan relics for Hong Kong exhibition
The museum will also use multimedia to recreate a handwritten letter from Louis XIV to the Kangxi emperor in 1688. Written in ...