HISC57H3 Lecture 1: HISC57-3.docx
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When they came in not allowed to enter inside. 1850"s went to beijing lead by matteo rici. The chinese were literate, soph. sci. tradit. and culture; realized missionary work fruitless had to do s/t diff. Thought they could learn f/ chinese e. g. introd. West. sci. and tech. , translated key texts e. g. euclides, and translated chinese math texts into euro. lang. "s. Matteo would wear buddhist clothes b. c didn"t think that confus. and cath. were at odds; jes. were highly adaptable - made distinct. at the beginning that they didn"t need to make them into euro. "s just convert them to. Emperor okay with jesuits b/c of lord of heaven concepts seemed like god . Changes his mind: westerners are petty, fighting over things that make no sense (read letter to pope); westerners band from china. China adopted a lot of sci. and tech.
