The History of the Relations between the Low Countries and China in the Qing Era (1644-1911)

01. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-90-5867-315-2
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 508 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 905 g

Reihe: Leuven Chinese Studies

The relations between the Low Countries and China in the Qing era constitute a very broad topic, both in terms of time span and fields covered. Low Countries is a widely used historical and geographical term but it is a fairly loose one, with shifting territorial boundaries, denoting differing political, social and economic realities through time and space. As a result there is a considerable measure of vagueness to it. In particular, during the period under review, the countries that are usually subsumed under the term, namely Holland and Belgium, never constituted a political entity or state, except for the brief spell of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815-1830). China may present a clearer contour, a more coherent unity and continuity, yet that may only be due to the distant perspective, for in China too we have quite different and differing realities in the period under review. The relationship between the Low Countries and Qing China was a checkered and complex one, different from, yet complementary to that between China and the major Western powers. For that reason alone, if not for any other, this relationship warrants to be explored and holds the promise of new insights into the history of Sino-Western relations. This collection of contributions deals with cultural contacts, acculturation and inculturation, but it does not address these issues from a unitary perspective. Each author brings his own angle and viewpoint to the whole.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Golvers, Noël

Vande Walle, W.F.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
I. Some lesser Known Contributions of Ferdinand Verbiest
Verbiest, Spathar and Chrysanthos: The Spread of Verbiest's Science to Eastern Europe - E. Nicolaïdis
An Evaluation of F. Verbiest's Account of his Journey to Manchuria in 1682, its Errors and Problems - T. Pang
II. Antoine Thomas and the Society of Jesus in China
Antoine Thomas's and George David's Maps of Asia - E. Lo Sardo
The Role of Antoine Thomas, SJ, (1644-1709) in Determining the Terrestrial Meridian Line in Eighteenth-Century China - J.W. Witek
Antoine Thomas, SJ, and his Mathematical Activities in China: A Preliminary Research through Chinese Sources - Han Qi
Thomas and Tournon - Mission and Money - Cl. von Collani
François Noël, SJ, and the Chinese Rites Controversy - P. Rule
Deux Lazaristes, originaires de la région de Chimay, émissaires de Louis XVI à la cour impériale de Pékin: 1785-1812 - M.-J. Ghislain
III. Dutch Qing Connections
Missionaries, the Low Countries and their Dependencies, as Described in Xie Sui's Manchu "Pictures of Tribute-Bearers" - G. Stary
Qing Dynasty China in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Literature: 1644-1700 - E. van Kley
The Dutch Foundations of the Gützlaff Mission in China: 1823-1851 - J.G. and R.G. Lutz
Missionary Relations between the Dutch East Indies and China: 1807-1942 - K. Steenbrink
Shandong Missions and the Dutch Connection: 1860-1919 - R.G. Tiedemann
IV. Scheut in China
The Spread of the CICM Mission in the Apostolic Vacariate of Central Mongolia (1865-1911): a General Overview - S. Lievens
"The Most Unfruitful Mission in the World" CICM Fathers Frans and Jozef Hoogers in Xinjiang: 1895-1922 - B. Gorissen
Virgins in Central Mongolia - R. Renson

The Religious Case of Fengzhen District. Reclamation and Missionary Activities in Caqar during the Late Qing Dynasty - P. Taveirne
V. Belgium and Chinese Modernization
Belgian Treaties with China and Japan under King Leopold I - W.F. Vande Walle
Sino-Belgian Relations during the Reign of Leopold II: A Brief Historical Account Based on Chinese Documents - Lin Jinshui
The Bejing-Hankou Railroad and Commercial Development in North China, 1905-1937: A Case-Study of the Impact of Belgian Investment in China - Chang Jui-te
Les étudiants chinois en Begique de 1900 à 1940 - Cl. Soetens