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| Keywords: Kircher-100-Elena-Wang-letter.png en Letter from the Empress Dowager Helena Wang to the Pope asking for help against the Manchu invaders It is also written in the name of the Yongli Emperor's mother Empress Dowager Maria Ma and wife Empress Consort Anna Wang as well as his infant son Crown Prince Constantine Zhu la Interpretatio Literarum Sinicarum ab Imperii Sinicum Imperatrice D Helena nomine suo Reginæ Matris D Annæ Reginæ uxoris D Mariæ nec non filii Imperatoris Principis Hæredis D Constantini missarum AD SANCTISSIMUM D N Per Patres Andream Xavier Michaëlem Boym Societatis Jesu in Aula Imperatoris Sinensis pro tempore Assistentes facta Athanasius Kircher http //books google com au/books id -VKNZ4SAXqYC China monumentis qua sacris quà profanis p 101 Empress Dowager Helena Wang the widow of the father of the Yongli Emperor Latin translation by Michael Boym and A Koffler Publication by A Kircher Letter written 1650-11-04; this book published 1667 English translation and comments can be found in Struve 1993 Voice from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm pp 235-238 Jesuit China missions Ming Dynasty China Illustrata 1650 in China 1650 Michał Boym PD-old | ||||
