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ISBN-13: | 9781442205864 |
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Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. |
Publication date: | 05/16/2011 |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d) |
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Table of Contents
Prologue: The Mandarin's Clothes xiii
The Audience xiii
Chapter 1 The Jesuit and Mathematics 1
The Choice 1
The Society of Jesus and the Roman College: Ad maiorem Dei gloriam 5
Mathematics, and Astronomy Christopher Clavius 9
Chapter 2 In the East 17
Departure: "All Those Seas" 17
In India 22
"Chinese in China": Valignano's Policy of Cultural Accommodation 25
Macao, the Gateway to China 28
Chapter 3 The Difficulty of Learning Chinese 33
The Name of China, Ideograms, and Brushes 33
Books Galore 37
The Charade of the Permit and the Letter Wang Pan 39
Residence on Chinese Soil in Zhaoqing 42
Chapter 4 The Man from the West 47
Chinese Life 47
Discovering Chinese Society 51
The Five Continents: The First Edition of the Map of the World 54
Religion in China: Heaven, the Gods, and the Name of God 59
Chapter 5 The Pride of Li Madou 67
"We Have Become Chinese": Ricci Turns into Li Madou, Xitai 67
The Failure of the Idea of a Spanish Embassy to the Chinese Emperor 70
Superstitions, Wondrous Potions, and False Accusations: Wang Pan's Volte-face and Ruggieri's Departure 73
Expulsion from Zhaoqing 77
Chapter 6 The Meeting of Confucius and Euclid 81
The Buddhist Monastery and the Mummy of Liuzu 81
Life in Shaozhou and the Meeting with the Would-be Alchemist Qu Taisu 84
Doing Sums with Brush and Paper 88
Euclidean Geometry and the Achievements of Chinese Mathematics 90
Social Relations and Popular Hostility 93
Chapter 7 Metamorphosis into Mandarin 99
Distance and Nostalgia 99
The Minister Wang and the Reform of the Calendar 102
Confucius, "Another Seneca": The Translation of the Confucian Classics 104
The Attempt to Reach Beijing: Shipwreck and the Abandonment of Buddhist Robes 106
Expulsion from Nanjing 111
China and the Cathay of Marco Polo 114
Chapter 8 The Strength of Friendship 120
A Courteous Welcome to Nanchang 120
I Cannot Tell a Lie 123
The "Treatise on Friendship," a Moral Essay in Chinese 126
An Extraordinary Gift: The "Treatise on Mnemonic Arts" 129
The "Absurdities" and Achievements of Chinese Astronomy 132
Astronomy and the Emperor 135
Chapter 9 To Beijing! 140
The Conjecture about Cathay, the Order to Reach Beijing, and the Gifts for the Emperor 140
The Imperial Examinations for Entry into the Bureaucracy 143
Along the "Grand Canal" to the Capital 145
The First Time in Beijing, the City of Dust 148
Withdrawal to the South 151
Chapter 10 Heated Disputes and Science Lessons 154
Social Life in Nanjing 154
An Argument with a Buddhist 158
A Universe of Crystalline Spheres: The "Treatise on the Four Elements" 162
The Forgotten Astronomical Observatory 164
Chapter 11 Prisoner of the Eunuch 169
The Eunuchs, the Emperor's Private Bureaucracy 169
A Chinese Name for Europe: The Second Edition of the Map of the World 172
The Journey to Beijing: The Meeting with the Fearsome Ma Tang 176
Imprisonment and Liberation 180
Chapter 12 In the Heart of the Empire 185
The Solemn Entrance into Beijing 185
The Golden Prison of the Emperor Wanli 189
The Dialogue at a Distance with the Son of Heaven 191
Imprisonment in the "Foreigners' Castle" 196
Chapter 13 The Empty Throne 200
The Audience in the Forbidden City 200
Other Memorials on the Ricci Case 204
Ricci Settles in Beijing by Order of the Emperor 206
Li Zhizao and Geography: The Third Edition of the Map of the World 209
Constellations, Arithmetic, and Christian Doctrine 212
Chapter 14 The Lord of Heaven 217
The Burning of "Idols" and Books, and the Fourth Edition of the Map of the World 217
Anti-Buddhist Persecution 220
Valignano's Help to Strengthen the Mission 223
Ricci's "Catechism," The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven 224
Chapter 15 Doctor Paul 230
the "Pillar" of the Mission Paul Xu 230
Examinations and Baptisms 232
Commending Virtue: The Twenty-Five Discourses 234
"Send Me an Astronomer" 237
The Jew and the "Worshipers of the Cross" 239
Chapter 16 Euclid Becomes Chinese 243
The Death of Valignano 243
The Search for Cathay: Confirmation of Ricci's Conjecture 246
Mathematics at the Service of the Empire 249
The Translation of Euclid's Elements 251
The Perfection of Geometry 253
The Fruits of the School of Mathematics: Works of Trigonometry and Astronomy 257
Chapter 17 The Open Door 260
The Paradoxes of an Extraordinary Man 260
The History of the Mission 263
The Imperial Map of the World 266
The End of the Journey: Ricci's Death 268
Wanli's Tribute 272
Chapter 18 After Matteo Ricci: the Scientific Legacy, Triumph, and Persecution 277
The Jesuit Mathematicians and the Scandal of the Eclipse 277
Scientific Work 280
The Reform of the Calendar 282
The End of the Ming Dynasty 285
The Jesuit Verbiest, Emperor Kangxi, and Ricci's Geometry 288
The Chinese Rites Controversy and the Suppression of the Society of Jesus 291
Remembrance of Matteo Ricci: Writings and Monuments 294
Chronology 299
Chinese Dynasties 303
Glossary 305
Bibliographic Sources 307
Acknowledgments 309
Index of Names 313
About the Author 319