HIS280Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Feng Menglong, Water Margin, Counter-Reformation
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Jesuits: priests, they want to spread catholic religion. Li zhi was a fan of the jesuits. Mathematician, astronomy -> catholic church wanted to convert china into. Enforce commandments ? offer food for ancestors [ chinese cultre] Ricci said not to worry about it it is not interfering with catholic religion translate god into tianzhu lord of heaven in chinese. Very origin to chinese culture for the tian. Converted high position officials -> he created first european style of map of the world in chinese first map in chinese that included america. Not public distribution -> the imperial do not want people to see it. Ricci translated confucians thinking and borrowing some ideas from roman thinkers and combine confucians and roman thinkings together died in beijing first european that got so far in china. Weird stories about ghosts and romane of the 3 kingdoms, journey to the west and the water margin historical saga, very influential.
