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| Keywords: De-bello-tartarico-Chonghen-Emperor-kills-his-daughter.jpg en The Chongzhen Emperor killing his daughter in the Forbidden City so that she would not be captured by Li Zicheng's rebels April 1644 The image of a hanging person on a tree in the background probably refers to the emperor's suicide that followed The woodcut is probably made by a European artist who did not go to China himself but had to rely on Martini's account of the events in De bello tartartico De Bello Tartarico by Martino Martini This scan is from the reproduction in D E Mungello's Curious land An unknonw Dutch probably artist 1655 China in European engravings China in the 17th century Chongzhen Emperor Martino Martini Killing in art 1644 PD-old-100 | ||||
