Imagined civilizations : China, the West, and their first encounter /

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Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562-1633),...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hart, Roger (Roger Preston)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Ricci, Matteo, > 1552-1610.
Jesuits > Missions > China > History > 17th century.
Jesuits.
960-1699
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Missions.
Religion.
Social conditions
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
Philosophy & Religion.
History & Archaeology.
East Asia.
Christianity.
China > Religion > 17th century.
China > Social conditions > 960-1644.
Chine > Religion > 17e siècle.
Chine > Conditions sociales > 960-1644.
China.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Science as the Measure of Civilizations
  • From Copula to Incommensurable Worlds
  • Mathematical Texts in Historical Context
  • Tracing Practices Purloined by the Three Pillars
  • Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian
  • Conclusions
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A : Zhu Zaiyu’s New Theory of Calculation
  • Appendix B : Xu Guangqi’s Right Triangles, Meanings
  • Appendix C : Xu Guangqi’s Writings.

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