i. european trade with china chap 15.4 – encounters in east asia
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A. Strict Limits on Trade
The Ming allowed the Portuguese to build a trading post at Macao, near Canton
A. Strict Limits on Trade
European goods were inferior to Chinese products and the Chinese demanded payment in gold or silver
A. Strict Limits on Trade
Trade was supervised by imperial officials and Europeans had to sail away when the trading season ended
B. Scholars and Missionaries
A few Europeans, like Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci, made a positive impression on Ming China
B. Scholars and Missionaries
Ricci learned to speak Chinese and adopted Chinese dress but had little success spreading religion
II. The Manchu Conquest
The Ming dynasty was failing and in 1644, Manchu armies seized Beijing and made it their capital
A. Qing Rule
The Manchu set up a new dynasty called the Qing (“pure”) - two important rulers were Kangxi and his grandson Qianlong
Emperor Kangxi Emperor Qianlong
A. Qing Rule
Qianlong ruled for 60 years, expanded China's borders, and ruled the largest area in China's history
Manchu ruled China: Qing dynasty (1644-1911AD) - last
imperial dynasty in China
B. Prosperity
The Chinese economy grew, new crops from the Americas boosted farm output, and the population boomed
C. Response to Westerners
Restricting foreign trade proved disastrous - in the 1800s China learned about western advances the hard way
III. Korea and Isolation
Like China, Korea restricted outside contacts in the 1500s and 1600s and became known as the "Hermit Kingdom”
IV. Japan and Foreign TradersThe Portuguese reached Japan in 1543, followed by the Spanish, Dutch, and English
IV. Japan and Foreign TradersAt first, Japan was more open to European missionaries like Francis Xavier than China
IV. Japan and Foreign Traders
The Tokugawa shoguns became hostile and saw foreigners as agents of an invading force
IV. Japan and Foreign Traders
They expelled missionaries and executed thousands of Japanese Christians
IV. Japan and Foreign Traders
By 1638, the Tokugawas barred all western merchants, forbid Japanese travel abroad and outlawed the building of large ships
IV. Japan and Foreign Traders
They permitted just one or two Dutch ships a year to trade at a small island in Nagasaki harbor