Failure Military Arrangement

Research Based on George Macartney’s Embassy to China

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211220.448How to use a DOI?

Keywords

George Macartney; Qianlong emperor; history of Sino-British Relations

Abstract

Macartney’s visit to China is an important event in the history of Sino-foreign relations. In the arrangement of welcoming the British mission, the military participation of the local troops was an important component emphasized by Emperor Gaozong (Qian Long Emperor) of the Qing Dynasty. This paper analyzes the different historical backgrounds, political significance, transformation process, and related reasons of several military participations. It was the “change of situation” in the diplomatic process that caused the change of the attitude of Emperor Qianlong and his ministers towards Britain. It then led to the change of military participation. However, military participation as a political means was more negative in the British embassy records, which means that the attempt of Emperor Qianlong to suppress the mission became a “failed arrangement”. It reflected the divergence of power between China and the West in the late 18th century.

Copyright

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Yiqun Hu
AU  - Shujie Jia
AU  - Zhao Luan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/24
TI  - Failure Military Arrangement
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 2594
EP  - 2600
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.448
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.448
ID  - Hu2021
ER  -