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
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier
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http://www.china.org.cn/english/travel/108995.htm
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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
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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)
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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
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Himeji Castle in Japan; a cross between a traditional Japanese fortress and a European castle
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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
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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