Overview
The translated histories identify Macartney as an envoy. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Macartney | 瑪戛爾 | |
| Alternate | Markham | 馬格里 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:091:s0087
Roles
- Envoy
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十八年 · Western Year: AD 1793Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0087
- Source Date: Text: 乾隆季葉 · Western Year: AD 1793Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0143
Career and standing
- Label: English envoy / 英使Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0087, qingshigao:091:s0143
Places and affiliations
- Polity: England / 英吉利 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:091:s0087
Works and attributed material
- Kind: statement · Role: speaker · Statement: 自陳不習拜跪 · Provenance: Mode: quotation · Speaker Person Id: Macartney (瑪戛爾)Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0087
Events and relationships
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: audience-kowtow-episode · Other Person Id: Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十八年 · Western Year: AD 1793Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0087
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: negotiated-western-etiquette · Other Person Id: Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆季葉 · Western Year: AD 1793Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0143, qingshigao:091:s0144
References in the histories
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