Statecraft and intellectual renewal in late Ming China

The cross-cultural synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562-1633)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20022023
AutoresCatherine Jami (0000-0002-7777-5758), Peter Engelfriet (0000-0001-7221-3599), Gregory Blue
Ano2001
Páginas466
Data de publicação2001-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoStatecraft and intellectual renewal in late Ming China (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
OpenAlexW406612390
Open LibraryOL17021025M
ISBN9789004120587
IdiomaEN

Xu Guangqi was one of the first promoters of Western science in China, worked together with the Jesuit Matteo Ricci on translations of Western science, was one of the first Chinese converts, a high-ranking statesman, organizer of a major calendar reform, introduced Western weapons into the Chinese army, etc. etc. The current volume is a composite profile of this complex figure that is solidly anchored in Chinese (and Western) primary sources. A major achievement

Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Ranking (information retrieval) · Artificial Intelligence · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · History · 1368-1644 · 1562-1633 · Guangqi Xu (1562-1633) · ming dynasty · Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 · Xu, Guangqi