A cross-cultural archery analogy in Matteo Ricci's Tianzhu shiyi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2821534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul K Hosle (0000-0001-8849-9253, Fudan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 201-207 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x23000988 |
| OpenAlex | W4390700617 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
In the sixth chapter of his Tianzhu shiyi (天主實義, "The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven"), Matteo Ricci offers a critique of the anti-intentionalistic thread that he detects in the Chinese philosophical tradition. In this brief essay, I offer an analysis of a noteworthy archery analogy that Ricci employs to describe the nature of ethical action as an intentional process with a conscious aim. I trace how Ricci skilfully combines Western and Chinese images and categories to craft this simile. Before that, I set the stage by offering some preliminary comments that contextualize Ricci's interest in the question of intentional vs. non-intentional conduct
Analogy · Art · Epistemology · Harmony (color) · Heaven · Literature · Metaphor · Simile · Theology · Visual arts · Chinese history and philosophy · History of Science and Medicine · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
Between Reason and Typology
Matteo Ricci’s Legacy for Comparative Theology
Effortless Action
Michele Ruggieri’s Tianzhu shilu (The True Record of the Lord of Heaven, 1584)
Effortless Action
Relaying the Epistemic Foundations of a Transcultural Natural Theology
Adjustments to the “Accommodation Strategy” of the Early Jesuit Mission in China
A Jesuit in the Forbidden City
The Way of Water and Sprouts of Virtue
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |