Jesuit Missionary Activities in the Late Ming and Early Qing Periods

Name: Jesuit Missionary Activities in the Late Ming and Early Qing Periods
Start: 1661
End: 1670

Type Event Region China Time 1661–1670

In the 1660s, after the Ming-Qing transition, Jesuits remained in China, continuing astronomical, calendrical, and missionary work at the Astronomica…

Timeline

1664–1665Beijing · BeijingUnder the push of regent Oboi, the Qing court ordered a ban on missionary work; the Astronomical Bureau director Johann Adam Schall von Bell (already deceased) was posthumously prosecuted, Jesuits were imprisoned, and missionary and astronomical activities suffered a severe blow.
1669–1670Beijing · BeijingAfter capturing Oboi, the Kangxi Emperor re-employed the Jesuits; Ferdinand Verbiest and others resumed work at the Astronomical Bureau, and missionaries became active again in calendrics, astronomical instruments, and scientific service at court.

Sources

《清实录·圣祖仁皇帝实录》
China and the Christian Impact: A Conflict of Cultures — Jacques Gernet (1985)