#270 - Qing 14: From Russia, Rome, and Ningxia With Love

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 18 May 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Be sure to check out Airwave Media's list of 100 Best podcasts! ThoC is #69 (Nice!): https://blog.feedspot.com/airwave_media_podcasts/ The Kangxi Emperor squashes his beef with the three rebellious feudatories of the south by squashing their traitorous lords, only to have to pivot northward once again to face down... who? The Russians? And the Mongols?! And Tibetans?! And the Catholic Church?! Time Period Covered: 1670-1722 CE Major Historical Figures: Great Qing: The Kangxi Emperor [r. 1661-1722] Crown-Prince Yunreng [1674-1725] Grand Secretary Songgotu [1636-1703] Fan Chengmo, Governor-General of Fujian [1624-1676] Nian Gengyao, Viceroy of Sichuan and Tibet [1679-1726] Mei Wending, mathematician [1633-1721] Tsarist Russia: Tsar Alexis Romanov, "The Quietest" [r. 1645-1676] Tsar Feodor III [r. 1676-1682] Tsar Ivan V [r. 1682-1696] Tsar/Emperor Peter I, "the Great" [r. 1682-1725] Izmailov Roman Catholic Church: Pope Clement XI [1649-1721] Cardinal Charles-Thomas Maillard de Tournon [1668-1710] Jesuit Missionaires: Fr. Jean-François Gerbillon [1654-1707] Fr. Tomé Pereira [1645-1708] Fr. Joachim Bouvet [1656-1730] Ö löd/Mongol/Dzungar Khanate: Erdeniin Galdan, Boshugtu Khan [r. 1671-1697] Tsewang Araptan [r. 1697-1727] General Chereng Dondub the Elder [d. 1737] Major Works Cited: Perdue, Peter C. (2009). China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia. Spence, Jonathan D. "The K'ang-Hsi Reign" in The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9: The Ch'ing Dynasty, Part 1: To 1800. Wakeman, Frederic Evans. The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order In Seventeenth-Century China. Wakeman, Frederic Evans. "Romantics,Stoics, and Martyrs In Seventeenth Century China" in The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:47.0	Episode 270,
0:49.0	from Russia, Rome and Ningsha
0:59.0	Now Galdon is dead and as followers have come back to our allegiance. My great task is done.
1:02.0	In two years I made three journeys across deserts combed by wind and bade with rain,
1:07.8	eating every other day in the barren and uninhabited deserts.
1:12.6	One could have called it a hardship, but I never called it that.
1:16.8	People all shun such things, but I did not shun them.
1:20.4	The constant journeying and hardship has led to this great achievement.
1:24.0	I would never have said such a thing had it not been for Gal-Dahn.
1:28.0	Now, heaven, earth, and ancestors have protected me and brought me this achievement.
1:33.6	As for my own life, one can say it is happy.
1:36.7	One can say it is fulfilled.
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1:42.2	In a few days in the palace, I should tell you all about it myself. It is hard to tell it with brush and
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