I requested the book titled Chinese Books and Documents (Pre-1900) in the Royal Library of Belgium at Brussels via the university library. There are two very valuable documents in the book:
(1) The Pre-1900 Chinese Passport issued by the Qing Dynasty Emperor in 1880. It was written in old/classical Chinese with the Royal stamp on the document.
(2) A Catholic church bochure dated 1682!
Apparently the second documents was brought to Belgium by the missionary. But... I am wondering how did the Passport document end up in Belgium? - it's surely a mystery. I haven't seen a similar doumentation in any Chinese history book.
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