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03114aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 22CAD01C2FDF11E3BFAB6AC6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20131008010120 008 130822s2013 mdua b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1421406063 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9781421406060 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)856582995 040 $a JHE $b eng $e rda $c JHE $d SUC $d CUI $d YDXCP $d MUU $d SILO 041 1 $a chi $a chi $h chi 043 $a a-cc--- 050 4 $a BV3417 $b .H37 2013 100 1 $a Hart, Roger $q (Roger Preston), $e author 245 10 $a Imagined civilizations : $b China, the West, and their first encounter / $c Roger Hart. 264 1 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a vii, 374 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-366) and index. 520 $a "Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), who collaborated with the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) to translate Euclid's Elements into Chinese, reportedly recognized the superiority of Western mathematics and science and converted to Christianity. Most narratives relegate Xu and the Chinese to subsidiary roles as the Jesuits' translators, followers, and converts. Imagined Civilizations tells the story from the Chinese point of view. Using Chinese primary sources, Roger Hart focuses in particular on Xu, who was in a position of considerable power over Ricci. The result is a perspective startlingly different from that found in previous studies. Hart analyzes Chinese mathematical treatises of the period, revealing that Xu and his collaborators could not have believed their declaration of the superiority of Western mathematics. Imagined Civilizations explains how Xu's West served as a crucial resource. 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."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Science as the measure of civilizations -- From Copula to incommensurable worlds -- Mathematical texts in historical context -- Tracing practices purloined by the three pillars -- Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian -- 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. 546 $a In English; with some phrases in Chinese and accompanying English translation. 600 10 $a Ricci, Matteo, $d 1552-1610. 610 20 $a Jesuits $x History $z China $x History $y 17th century. 651 0 $a China $x Religion $y 17th century. 651 0 $a China $x Social conditions $y 960-1644. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210023807.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826075627.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=22CAD01C2FDF11E3BFAB6AC6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search