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Title	Paul Siu, Colao ou premier Ministre d'Estat; Figure de la croix avec la quelle les Chretiens de la Chine ont accoutume de se faire ensevelir; Candide Hiu, petite fille du Colao Paul Siu, 1735
Creator	von Solingen, J.
Date Original	1736
Publisher	La Haye, H. Scheurleer, 1736.
Description	1 print; engraving, 19 x 45 cm. Volume 3. Page 121. Title of center piece translated in 1741 J. Watts edition as "The Figure of the Cross which is usually put into the Grave with the Chinese Christians." <p> Paul Siu (alternately Paul Xu, Siu Kong k'i, Hsue Kuang ch'i, or Hsü Kwang-hsî) was a high-ranking student at Han-lin college who was converted by Jesuit Matthieu Ricci to Christianity. He was baptized Paul, and when on to become a high ranking (and very wealthy) Chinese official. His daughter, Candide, built better than 35 churches in various provinces of China and translated more than 100 religious books into Chinese.
Subject	Crosses; Missionaries
Type	Image
Genre	Engravings
Location Depicted	Asia--China
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes	No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Source	Is found in Description ge?ographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise, 951 D88d at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Holding Institution	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Identifier	china3p121
Digitization	Original items were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into JPEGs and uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries.
Contributors	Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Language	French

Paul Siu, Colao ou premier Ministre d'Estat; Figure de la croix avec la quelle les Chretiens de la Chine ont accoutume de se faire ensevelir; Candide Hiu, petite fille du Colao Paul Siu, 1735

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