Fondo SC30 - "Inscription from the Fa-hsing Temple at Canton"

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GB 891 SC30

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"Inscription from the Fa-hsing Temple at Canton"

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  • 14th Oct 1858 - 8th Jan 1959 (Creación)

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Sir John Bowring was born in Exeter. His father was a wool merchant to China. As a young man he travelled extensively, becoming a partner in his father's company in 1818, selling herrings to Spain and France. He became editor of the Westminster Review in 1825 advocating free trade, parliamentary reform and popular schooling. In 1832 he was appointed to carry our investigations on accounting systems in the Netherlands and France to make recommendations to the British Government. In 1835 he became a MP and in 1845 became Chairman of the London and Blackwall Railway.

In 1849 Bowring was appointed British Consul at Canton (Guangzhou) and superintendent of trade in China. From 1852 to 1853, he acted as Britain's Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade and Governor of Hong Kong in the absence on leave of Sir George Bonham. Bowring was instrumental in the formation in 1855 of the Board of Inspectors established under the Qing Customs House.

The newly knighted Bowring received his appointment as Governor of Hong Kong and her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China on 10 January 1854. He arrived in Hong Kong and was sworn in on 13 April 1854, in the midst of the Taiping Rebellion, remaining in Hong Kong until 1858.

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The material was commissioned by Sir John Bowring who sent them to the Royal Asiatic Society.

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The material was acquired from Sir John Bowring. His letter of donation and the translation were read at the General Meeting of the Society on 8 January, 1859.

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A facsimile of a monumental inscription at the Fa-hsing Temple, Canton (Guangzhou), acquired by Sir John Bowring, whilst Governor of Hong Kong. The facsimile measures 155cm x 90cm and is black ink on white paper, probably created from a squeeze impression. It is in fragile condition, with some previous repairs.

With the inscription is a translation, made by J. Gibson, entitled "Renovation of the monumental Inscription of the Buddhist Gods", dated 14 October 1858. This is handwritten in ink with further annotations in both ink and pencil to give further details regarding dates and allusions.

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Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email. Please bring photo ID.

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  • inglés
  • chino

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    The Minutes of the General Meetings of the Society, 8th January 1859, record the reading of a letter from Sir John Bowring and the translation of the inscription.

    The Society's collections also hold several publications written by Bowring. Details can be found https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=kw&q=John%20Bowring&sort_by=relevance_dsc&count=20&limit=au:Bowring,%20John,%201792-1872.

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        Nota del archivista

        These papers were catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.

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