Abstract
Canto 60, one of the Chinese History Cantos, focuses on Kangxi, the fourth emperor of Qing Dynasty, and the Jesuit missionaries who were engaged in the propagation of Christianity in China during his reign. Pound juxtaposes fragments of historical episodes about Kangxi extracted from de Mailla’s Histoire générale de la Chine, and in the second half of the canto, highlights the confrontation of Christianity and Europe with Confucianism and China, using episodes including a brigadier general’s submission of a memorial that warned of Europeans’ invasion into China. While this confrontation is presented in a seemingly impersonal and objective style, in an essay written about the same time, Pound expresses his admiration for Confucianism and denunciation of Christianity with an ideological fervor. The essay serves as a reminder that beneath Pound’s illustration of Kangxi and the Chinese reaction to the propagation of Christianity in Canto 60 lies his admiration for Confucianism and China connected to his support for Fascism.
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