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Statecraft and intellectual renewal in late Ming China : the cross-cultural synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) / edited by Catherine Jami, Peter Engelfriet and Gregory Blue.
Van Pelt Library DS753.6.H87 S75 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Conference 'Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), Late Ming Scholar and Statesman (1995 : Paris)
- Series:
- Sinica Leidensia 0169-9563 ; vol. 50.
- Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; vol. 50
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Xu, Guangqi, 1562-1633.
- Xu, Guangqi.
- China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
- China.
- History.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Other Title:
- Statecraft & intellectual renewal in late Ming China
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Final outcome of the International Conference 'Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), Late Ming Scholar and Statesman', held in Paris, 20-23 March 1995"--Acknowledgements.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-455) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004120580
- OCLC:
- 46456364
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