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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Table of Contents:

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.

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

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