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

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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hart, Roger (Roger Preston)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Ricci, Matteo, > 1552-1610.
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.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
History & Archaeology.
East Asia.
Christianity.
China > Religion > 17th century.
China > Social conditions > 960-1644.
China
History
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