COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader_Chinese_Crawford_241
image_number
Bookreader_Chinese_Crawford_241
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 241
reference_number
Chinese Crawford 241
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
Yiming yizi chenbing
title_larger_entity
Yiming yizi chenbing
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
譯明夷字陳稟
title_l_e_variant
譯明夷字陳稟
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
Translation of a Barbarian’s Petition to the Court
title_l_e_translation
Translation of a Barbarian’s Petition to the Court
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
1759
date_created
1759
Date Created
false
Description:
This is a Chinese-language petition of a European merchant, addressed to the Qing emperor (Qianlong), complaining about perceived corruption among Canton officials. The petition, which is signed with red sealing wax, is rather short but bound into a large book—as if one had expected more to follow. The title page has the Chinese title 譯明夷字陳稟 (Yiming yizi chenbing, ‘Translation of a Barbarian’s Petition to the Court’), plus a transliteration into Latin script, followed by a French-language text: ‘Cette Copie’ [this copy] was written by ‘le Seul Européen qui [peut] écrire la langue chinoise” [the only European who is able to write in Chinese]. The petition is dated 1759, only two years after the Qing dynasty had launched the so-called Canton System (1757-1842) as a means to control all trade with the newly emerging Western European powers through the port of Guangzhou (Canton).
description
This is a Chinese-language petition of a European merchant, addressed to the Qing emperor (Qianlong), complaining about perceived corruption among Canton officials. The petition, which is signed with red sealing wax, is rather short but bound into a large book—as if one had expected more to follow. The title page has the Chinese title 譯明夷字陳稟 (Yiming yizi chenbing, ‘Translation of a Barbarian’s Petition to the Court’), plus a transliteration into Latin script, followed by a French-language text: ‘Cette Copie’ [this copy] was written by ‘le Seul Européen qui [peut] écrire la langue chinoise” [the only European who is able to write in Chinese]. The petition is dated 1759, only two years after the Qing dynasty had launched the so-called Canton System (1757-1842) as a means to control all trade with the newly emerging Western European powers through the port of Guangzhou (Canton).
Description
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Language Code:
chi
language
chi
Language Code
false
Language:
Chinese
language_name
Chinese
Language
false
Subject:
Trade routes--China
subject
Trade routes--China
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
technique
Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
temporal_coverage
18th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
China
spatial_coverage
China
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
370 mm
item_height
370 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
240 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
References:
Zheng Yaying and John B. W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (1991), revised and expanded by Johannes S. Lotze
references
Zheng Yaying and John B. W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (1991), revised and expanded by Johannes S. Lotze
References
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2020-03-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-09
Educational Notes:
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
educational_notes
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
Educational Notes
false
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
academic_project_lead
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead
false
Collection Code:
Rylands
collection_code
Rylands
Collection Code
false