Yongzheng Emperor
In 1724 the Yongzheng Emperor proscribed the Heavenly Lord sect ("Tianzhujiao", the name given Catholicism in China in that period) Persecution steadily increased during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor. While the Yongzheng Emperor appreciated and admired the Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione's artwork and western technologies, he also reinforced anti-Christian policies in 1737.