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Imagined Civilizations : China, the West, and Their First Encounter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (385 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421407128
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Imagined CivilizationsDDC classification:
  • 510.951
LOC classification:
  • DS721 .H37 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Science as the Measure of Civilizations -- 3 From Copula to Incommensurable Worlds -- 4 Mathematical Texts in Historical Context -- 5 Tracing Practices Purloined by the Three Pillars -- 6 Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian -- 7 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 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.
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Cover -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Science as the Measure of Civilizations -- 3 From Copula to Incommensurable Worlds -- 4 Mathematical Texts in Historical Context -- 5 Tracing Practices Purloined by the Three Pillars -- 6 Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian -- 7 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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