HIST 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Moons, Heliocentrism, Qing Dynasty
12 Oct 2016
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Authority- how to get to heaven and how the heavens go . Jesuits founded in 1540"s as part of the counter-reformation and become emissaries to the world. Two bureaus of chinese astronomy- but no state church. Free to predict the occurrence of eclipses. Matteo ricci and his style of teaching (1552-1610) Dressing like a confucian scholar, speaking chinese, acting like he belonged to the chinese system. Ming dynasty- beginning of the naval exploration , closed the silk road, interested in focusing on traditional values. Traditional isolationist , do not want contact with the west. Matteo ricci never allowed to see the emperor , allowed to bow in a room where the emperor has left (high honor) Bringing science to convert people to christianity. Teaching of the ptolemaic system in china- like the egg earth system. Jesuits are missionary and scientific orders , advocates for learning. Jesuits will not be welcomed to china with open arms.
