Huang, Yadong
(geb. ca. 1753-nach 1784)
Name Alternative(s)
Whang, Atong
Wang-y-tong
Wang-o-Tang
Subjects
Index of Names : China
Chronology Entries (5)
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| 1 | 1774-1784 |
Huang Yadong hält sich in England auf. He is described as Wang-y-Tong, who worked as a page in the John Frederick Sackville's household at Knole and attended the local Sevenoaks School. Huang Yadong is known to have visited the naturalists Mary Delany and the Duchess of Portland at the latter’s country seat of Bulstrode, discussing Chinese plants and their uses with them. He also visited the Royal Society, talked to Josiah Wedgwood about the manufacture of Chinese porcelain and explained the principles of acupuncture to the physician Andrew Duncan. The man who was instrumental in enabling Huang to travel to England was John Bradby Blake, who was engaged in trade for the East India Company in Guangzhou. Blake was interested in the natural history of China and being stationed in Guangzhou enabled him to collect seeds and plants that had medicinal or economic uses and to send them back to Europe for propagation and research. Huang’s botanical knowledge made him a suitable conduit to supply firsthand information to British naturalists. Blake fell ill and died in Guangzhou just before Huang arrived in England, and his father, Captain John Blake, initially looked after the young Chinese man. |
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| 2 | 1775 | Letter attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds. (18 Febr. 1775). In : The Bee ; vol. 11 (12 Sept. 1792). I have lately met in company Whang-At-Ting [Huang Yadong], the Chinese, who is now in London ; of whom, if you have not received any account, you may perhaps like to hear some particulars. He is a young man of twenty-two, and an inhabitant of Canton, where having received from Chitqua, the Chinese figure-maker, a favourable account of his reception in England, two or three years ago, he determined to make the voyage likewise, partly from curiosity, and a desire of improving himself in science, and partly with a view of procuring some advantages in trade, in which he and his elder brother are engaged. He arrived here in August, and already pronounces and understands our language very tolerably, but he writes it in a very excellent hand, which he acquired with ease by using the copy books recommended by Mr Locke. He has a great thirst after knowledge, and seems to conceive readily what is communicated to him… |
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| 3 | 1775 | Huang Yadong besucht die Royal Society und diskutiert mit Josiah Wedgwood über die Produktion von Porzellan. |
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| 4 | 1776 | Joshua Reynolds : Portrait von Huang Yadong in Knole, Sevenoaks, Kent für John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. |
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| 5 | 1784 |
William Jones tried to induce Huang Yadong to translate Shi jing, but without success. 1784 (10. Dez.) Brief von Whang Atong [Huang Yadong] an William Jones. "Sir, I received the favour of your letter dated 28th March 1784 by Mr. Cox. I remember the pleasure of dining with you in company with Capt. [John] Blake and Sir Joshua Reynolds ; and I shall always remember the kindness of my friends in England. The Chinese book, Shi King, that contains three hundred Poems, with remarks thereon, and the work of Con-fu-tsu, and his grandson, the Tai Ho [Da xue], I beg you will accept ; but to translate the work into English will require a great deal of time ; perhaps three or four years ; and I am so much engaged in business, that I hope you will excuse my not undertaking it. If you wish for any books or other things from Canton, be so good as to let me know, and I will take particular care to obey your orders. Wishing you healt, I am, Sir Your most obedient humble Servant, Whang Atong." |
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Secondary Literature (1)
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| 1 | 2011 |
Bruijn, Emile de. An 18th-century ornamental adventurer : the enigmatic and ambiguous portrait of Huang Ya Dong at Knole. In : Arts buildings collections bulletin ; (July 2011). http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/abc_summer_2011_final_artwork2.pdf. |
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