Shindooong!!*
■The condescending beam of the Qing dynasty during its peak
It’s really cute how during the peak of the Qing dynasty, China would send extremely condescending letters regardless of what happened at home.
“A gift? Well, I thought you had a much better thing for me than this, but I guess I’ll take it off your hands”
This type of writing is said to have been sent without hesitation to that country in Europe, in exchange for a tribute…
And the Dutch merchants in China at this time were out of the ordinary:
while putting pesticide on Portugal and England,
they would fly off to wherever there were countries that would benefit them financially, it’s amazing!
They built a win-win relationship in trading between Netherlands and Japan seemingly by conforming to Japanese manners and supporting the shogunate.
[T/N: *Shindong: member of K-pop group Super Junior.]
Translation: spaghettifelice
Original
Shindooong!!
■The condescending beam of the Qing dynasty during its peak
It’s really cute how during the peak of the Qing dynasty, China would send extremely condescending letters regardless of what happened at home.
“A gift? Well, I thought you had a much better thing for me than this, but I guess I’ll take it off your hands”
This type of writing is said to have been sent without hesitation to that country in Europe, in exchange for a tribute…
And the Dutch merchants in China at this time were out of the ordinary:
while putting pesticide on Portugal and England,
they would fly off to wherever there were countries that would benefit them financially, it’s amazing!
They built a win-win relationship in trading between Netherlands and Japan seemingly by conforming to Japanese manners and supporting the shogunate.
*Shindong: member of K-pop group Super Junior