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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

In the 18th century, the zoo was known as the Sanbeizi Gardens, supposedly named after the third son of Emperor Kangxi, Prince Cheng Yin. Another explanation is that Sanbeizi refereed to the Qing ...

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 ...