A VISÃO DE UM EUROPEU SOBRE A REVOLTA DOS TRÊS FEUDATÁRIOS. GABRIEL DE MAGALHÃES E OS APONTAMENTOS PARA A CARTA ÂNUA DA CHINA DE 1674.歐洲人加皮耶爾‧馬加良斯對三個諸侯反叛的看法及 1674 年中國年報的紀錄
The article examines the notes written by the Portuguese Jesuit Gabriel de Magalhães (An Wensi) in 1674, intended to be included in the Chinese annual letter of that year, taking them as a privileged source for understanding, from a European perspective, the "Revolt of the Three Feudatories." The au...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
April 2008
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40026/3660 |
| Summary: | The article examines the notes written by the Portuguese Jesuit Gabriel de Magalhães (An Wensi) in 1674, intended to be included in the Chinese annual letter of that year, taking them as a privileged source for understanding, from a European perspective, the "Revolt of the Three Feudatories." The author situates the document within the context of the missionary presence at the court in Beijing, highlighting Magalhães's position at the Tribunal/Astronomical Observatory and the political-religious tensions that marked the 1670s, including rivalries with Muslim astronomers and fluctuations in imperial receptivity to Christianity. Methodologically, a historiographical and contextual reading of the manuscript is undertaken, linking its content to Jesuit practices of documentary production (annual letters) and to the historical framework of China under the reigns/regencies of Shunzhi and Kangxi. The main conclusions suggest that the notes transform the revolt into a problem interpreted through European categories—combining observation of events, providential language, and assessment of the impact on the mission—while simultaneously highlighting the limits of this "external view" in the face of the complexity of the Chinese political and institutional sphere. Thus, the source illuminates both the transcontinental circulation of information and the Jesuit modes of representing imperial instability. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |