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.

When Kangxi emperor decriminalised Catholicism in China, it created immense opportunity for dialogue and debate In 1669, the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) made a radical ...

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 ...

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 ...

The empire trebled in size and its population grew to over 350 million. The Kangxi Emperor reduced taxes and improved agriculture, by introducing new types of rice, potatoes and corn. He supported ...

The museum will also use multimedia to recreate a handwritten letter from Louis XIV to the Kangxi emperor in 1688. Written in ...

When he ascended to the throne, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) inherited an affluent monarchy from his ...

The Lugou River was also known as the Wuding (Lacking Stability) River, and despite the fact that Emperor Kangxi had the auspicious name Yongding (Eternal Stability) bestowed upon it, it was only ...

The Shanxi delegation proposed the creation of a Demonstration Zone for the Inheritance and Transformation of Chinese ...

Emperor Kangxi, and father, Emperor Yongzheng. Qianlong was in his mid-20s at the time. The country he was to reign was politically stable and economically well developed, and so besides ...