عنوان

Imagined civilizations :

شابک

1421406063 (alk. paper)

شابک

9781421406060 (alk. paper)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Imagined civilizations :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

China, the West, and their first encounter /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Roger Hart

نام خاص و کميت اثر

vii, 374 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-366) and index

متن يادداشت

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

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

"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), who collaborated with the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) to translate Euclid's Elements into Chinese, reportedly recognized the superiority of Western mathematics and science and converted to Christianity. Most narratives relegate Xu and the Chinese to subsidiary roles as the Jesuits' translators, followers, and converts. Imagined Civilizations tells the story from the Chinese point of view. Using Chinese primary sources, Roger Hart focuses in particular on Xu, who was in a position of considerable power over Ricci. The result is a perspective startlingly different from that found in previous studies. Hart analyzes Chinese mathematical treatises of the period, revealing that Xu and his collaborators could not have believed their declaration of the superiority of Western mathematics. Imagined Civilizations explains how Xu's West served as a crucial resource. While the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor."--Publisher's website

موضوع مستند نشده

Ricci, Matteo,1552-1610

موضوع مستند نشده

Jesuits-- Missions-- China-- History-- 17th century

موضوع مستند نشده

China, Religion, 17th century

موضوع مستند نشده

China, Social conditions, 960-1644

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

شماره رده

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hart, Roger, (Roger Preston)

تاريخ عمليات

20131104121724.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y