Keywords: Open letter from Kangxi to Pope Clement XI.png en Kangxi had sent missions to Europe in 1706 and 1708 to obtain clarification from Pope Clement XI about his decree Cum Deus optimus from 1704 in which the pope condemns the accommodation of Chinese rites in the practise of Christianity in China Nothing had been heard from this missions In 1716 Kangxi decided to send an open letter to be given to foreign merchants returning to Europe enquiring about their fate The text is in Manchu Chinese and Latin 1716 http //cudl lib cam ac uk/collections/chinese 2 Emperor Kangxi other versions cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Uncategorized 2015 August 12 |