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Bibliographie Des Ouvrages Publies En Chine Par Les Europeens Au Xviie Et Au Xviiie Siecle Hardcover - 2014
by Henri Cordier
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- Title Bibliographie Des Ouvrages Publies En Chine Par Les Europeens Au Xviie Et Au Xviiie Siecle
- Author Henri Cordier
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 90
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Martino Fine Books
- Date 2014-06-23
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781578983735 / 1578983738
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 7.5 x 0.25 in (23.50 x 19.05 x 0.64 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress subjects China, Chinese literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009016881
- Dewey Decimal Code 015.51
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Bibliographie Des Ouvrages Publies En Chine Par Les Europeens Au Xviie Et Au Xviiie Siecle (French Edition)
by Cordier, Henri
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Martino Fine Books, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 2014 Reprint of 1901 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Cordier describes 196 works published by Europeans in China from the 17th to the 18th century. This would include all the early missionary works. The Society of Jesus (Jesuits), with Matteo Ricci as its chief representative, entered China in 1583 from its base in the Portuguese colony of Macao. The strategy of Ricci and his colleagues was to identify with the Chinese elite, who would in turn, they felt, influence the rest of China. The Jesuits dressed like Confucian scholars-the top of the social hierarchy. They avoided any criticism of Confucius, the patron saint of the scholars, and observed all appropriate amenities when visiting the literati. They prepared maps, practiced astronomy, constructed and repaired clocks they gave to the emperor, and they wrote treatises that explained Christianity in terms of a Confucian…
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