Add to ORKGIn the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Catholic missionaries arrived in China to preach Christianity. Suspected by the ruling emperors, figures like Matteo Ricci (1552-1519) approached royal authorities by introducing scientific knowledge to them. This trend continued to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), and was deployed extensively by the Emperor Kangxi (reign 1667-1722), especially in the field of calendric knowledge. Previous research contended that Kangxi’s adoption of western calendric knowledge was mainly out of Kangxi’s own interest or his concern of empire-building. This paper argues that Kangxi utilized the western calendric astronomy as statecraft to stabilize the Qing empire through perspectives of agriculture and cosmological signifi...
Le patronage impérial a exercé une forte influence sur les arts décoratifs de la dynastie Qing (1644...
In pre-modern Japan, calendar cycles regulated people’s activities. In the Heian Period, the Onmyory...
This article argues that early modern European assessments of Chinese astronomy and, accordingly, an...
In the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Catholic missionaries arrived in China to preach Christianity....
International audienceThe Calendar Case (liyu 曆獄) is well known to historians of Chinese astronomy a...
Presented from the viewpoint of the history of mathematics, this book explores both epistemological ...
This dissertation is a series of textual case studies on nontraditional sources for li[special chara...
This work explores the relationship between time, temporality, and power by utilizing interactions b...
International audienceThis paper will provide a brief, selective outline of the concept, the calenda...
The author discusses the conflict at the introduction of the Western method into the traditional Chi...
From the very beginning of their mission, the Jesuits, and only them among the religious orders pres...
The Chinese Rites Controversy is a dispute from the 17-18th century on whether it was permissible fo...
The history of Chinese astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries can be considered as co...
This article introduces various definitions and criteria for the astronomical phenomena of "enc...
Session P8 - Ideology and Technology: Artistic visions constructing cultural identities and politica...
Le patronage impérial a exercé une forte influence sur les arts décoratifs de la dynastie Qing (1644...
In pre-modern Japan, calendar cycles regulated people’s activities. In the Heian Period, the Onmyory...
This article argues that early modern European assessments of Chinese astronomy and, accordingly, an...
In the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Catholic missionaries arrived in China to preach Christianity....
International audienceThe Calendar Case (liyu 曆獄) is well known to historians of Chinese astronomy a...
Presented from the viewpoint of the history of mathematics, this book explores both epistemological ...
This dissertation is a series of textual case studies on nontraditional sources for li[special chara...
This work explores the relationship between time, temporality, and power by utilizing interactions b...
International audienceThis paper will provide a brief, selective outline of the concept, the calenda...
The author discusses the conflict at the introduction of the Western method into the traditional Chi...
From the very beginning of their mission, the Jesuits, and only them among the religious orders pres...
The Chinese Rites Controversy is a dispute from the 17-18th century on whether it was permissible fo...
The history of Chinese astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries can be considered as co...
This article introduces various definitions and criteria for the astronomical phenomena of "enc...
Session P8 - Ideology and Technology: Artistic visions constructing cultural identities and politica...
Le patronage impérial a exercé une forte influence sur les arts décoratifs de la dynastie Qing (1644...
In pre-modern Japan, calendar cycles regulated people’s activities. In the Heian Period, the Onmyory...
This article argues that early modern European assessments of Chinese astronomy and, accordingly, an...