HISA04H3 Lecture Notes - Taoism
Document Summary
Taken advantageous from the encounter of jesuits, but the jesuits did not succeed as well as they and thought and only converted a handful of the population. Jesuits helped map the chinese territory when they were welcomed to the government. Brought with them astronomy and cartography in map-making and the emperor allowed them in the courts and government. Stories of the bible were translated into chinese and stories of the bible visually were created by chinese artists using traditional artistic ways. Bible characters, locations, and items etc. were changed to chinese" versions to make it more local; examples: trees, tables, background etc. were all changed to commonly seen things in china to give it a more local feel. Blending of chinese traditions, culture, and religious figures in remade bible stories with. Pope did not like the blending of religions by people who were converted to christianity like the traditions of daoism and confucianism ad the practices of sacrifice and etc.
