A Prince Among Monks: Yongzheng’s Early Spiritual Journey Long before ascending the throne as China’s fifth Qing emperor, the man […]
The Historical Context of Christianity in Qing China Christianity’s journey in China reached a critical juncture during the Yongzheng Emperor’s […]
A Fateful Audience: The 1727 Buddhist Birthday Proclamation On May 24, 1727, the Yongzheng Emperor received news that a Portuguese […]
The Historical Stage: China and the Catholic Church in Collision When Pope Clement XI’s special envoy Carlo Ambrogio Mezzabarba (known […]
A Clash of Empires on the Eurasian Stage The early 18th century witnessed two expansionist empires – Romanov Russia and […]
The Dawn of a Cultural Clash In the early 18th century, as European powers expanded their global reach, one of […]
The Rites Controversy and the Arrival of Papal Legate de Tournon In the early 18th century, a dramatic confrontation unfolded […]
The Jesuit Presence in China Before Kangxi The relationship between China and the West during the Qing Dynasty presents one […]
The Golden Age of Sino-European Cultural Exchange The Kangxi era (1661–1722) of China’s Qing Dynasty witnessed one of history’s most […]
The Dawn of a New Era in East-West Relations The late 17th century witnessed an unprecedented flowering of cultural and […]
A Century of Jesuit Persistence in China When Ferdinand Verbiest died in 1688 after serving as Kangxi Emperor’s trusted advisor […]
A Jesuit in the Qing Court: Verbiest’s Arrival and Early Struggles The relationship between Emperor Kangxi and the Flemish Jesuit […]
Introduction: A Forgotten Conflict with Far-Reaching Consequences In the turbulent early years of the Qing dynasty, a seemingly obscure dispute […]
The Collapse of Ming and Rise of Qing: A Bloody Transition The mid-17th century witnessed one of the most catastrophic […]
The Jesuit Strategy: Missionaries and Military Technology When Jesuit missionaries arrived in China during the late Ming dynasty, they carried […]
The Arrival of Western Missionaries in Turbulent Times In the mid-17th century, as China transitioned from Ming to Qing rule, […]
