Qing · Diplomat

Bowring 咆呤

Bāolìng

Attested AD 1854

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Bowring was a Diplomat.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1854 咸豐四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passages 32, 35

Events and relationships

Demanded sixteen articles
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Diplomatic · Envoy
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 32

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 388Volume 388 Biographies 175: Gui Liang, Rui Lin Son: Huai Tabu, Guan Wen, Wen Yu · 2 passages

英酋咆呤要索十六條，欲遣官駐京及踐廣州入城之約，中外官平禮接見，通商稅則變通舊約； The British plenipotentiary Bowring pressed sixteen demands: resident ministers in Beijing, fulfillment of the Guangzhou entry agreement, equal ceremonial status for Chinese and foreign officials, and revised commercial tariffs;

屢議無要領，咆呤等尋去。 Talks dragged on without result, and Bowring's fleet eventually withdrew.