china’s interaction with the west ming--- allowed some jesuits across borders – matteo ricci and...
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China’s Interaction with the West
• Ming---• Allowed some Jesuits across borders –
Matteo Ricci and Francis Xavier• Spanish and Portuguese come and try to
conquer…but China’s too big• Set up embassies and trading post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/108995.htm
China’s Interaction with the West
• Qing---• Very isolated…shut off from West• Europeans try to trade, but China refuses• Consequence-shut off from new inventions of the
Scientific Revolution• ETHNOCENTRIC-believed they were superior to
Europeans• Foreign contacts could only go to treaty ports
Kangxi-One of China’s greatest emperors during the Qing Dynasty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Portrait_of_the_Kangxi_Emperor_in_Court_Dress.jpg)
Japanese/ European Interactions-1543- typhoon winds blow Portuguese trading ships off course; trade begins
-Initially, trade welcomed, Japanese were curious of European technologies (tobacco, clocks, spectacles, weaponry)
-Cultural diffusion; crossbreeding of European and Japanese technologies (castles, ships)
-Weapons used by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unify islands, dominate local conflict, also allowed Tokugawa shogunate to maintain authority
Himeji Castle in Japan; a cross between a traditional Japanese fortress and a European castle
Introduction of Christianity• Shortly after Portuguese landing, Christian
missionaries arrived in Japan• Francis Xavier- Missionary with limited success in
converts, “law of God was contrary to the law of Japan”
• Christianity lost favor quickly due to destruction of shrines to make Christian schools and churches
• 1635- Hideyoshi banned Christian activities and all trading except for once annual Dutch visit
Red seal ships were specially licensed by the Tokugawa shogunate in the early 17th century. The aim was to foster Japanese commerce in Southeast Asian markets, thereby discouraging foreign traders
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