[SupChina] The Yongzheng Emperor and Christianity in China
Feb 16, 2021
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In 1724, the Yongzheng Emperor proscribed Christianity. But what he really wanted is what rulers always want: people who will serve their state but not threaten its order. Jesuit advisers working in China's capital at that time, after all, had proved useful to the empire.