03683nam 2200589Ia 450 991078623960332120230801230442.01-4438-3854-3(CKB)2670000000341114(EBL)1133003(OCoLC)830168571(SSID)ssj0000833428(PQKBManifestationID)11966428(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833428(PQKBWorkID)10936067(PQKB)11713078(MiAaPQ)EBC1133003(Au-PeEL)EBL1133003(CaPaEBR)ebr10677106(CaONFJC)MIL495925(OCoLC)800857587(FINmELB)ELB146515(EXLCZ)99267000000034111420120713d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn the light and shadow of an emperor[electronic resource] Tomas Pereira, SJ (1645-1708), the Kangxi emperor and the Jesuit mission in China /edited by Arthur K. Wardega, SJ, and Antonio Vasconcelos de SaldanhaNewcastle upon Tyne, UK Cambridge Scholars Publishingc20121 online resource (608 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-3755-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTES ON EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; ROOT AND BRANCH; TOMÁS PEREIRA AND THE JESUITS OF THE COURT OF THE KANGXI EMPEROR; FATHER TOMÁS PEREIRA, SJ,THE KANGXI EMPEROR, AND THE COURT WESTERNERS; THE IMAGE OF TOMÁS PEREIRA IN QING DYNASTY DOCUMENTS; FROM THE EARTHLY COURT TO THE HEAVENLY COURT; THE LAST IMPERIAL HONOURS FROM TOMÁS PEREIRA TO THE EULOGIUM EUROPEORUM DOCTORUM IN 1711; PART II; 'AMICÍSSIMOS'; THE FÔ AND THE XEKIÂ; UBI DUX, IBI CURIA; 'RIDING A CRANE SHE ASCENDED TO THE DISTANT REALMS'; PART IIITHE 'EDICT OF TOLERANCE' (1692)TOMÁS PEREIRA'S APPEALTO THE PORTUGUESE JESUITS AND MISSIONARY RECRUITMENT TO CHINA; FERDINAND VERBIEST'S LETTER OF 1678; PART IV; DEFENDING EUROPEAN ASTRONOMY IN CHINA ...AGAINST EUROPE, TOMÁS PEREIRA AND THE DIRECTORATE OF ASTRONOMY IN 1688; RESOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT TOMÁS PEREIRA'S ARRIVAL IN BEIJING AND SERVICE AT THE DIRECTORATE OF ASTRONOMY; SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY JESUIT SURVEYS FOR A SECURE OVERLAND ROUTE FROM EUROPE TO CHINA; PART V; THE JESUITS AT NERCHINSK; TOMÁS PEREIRA AT THE NERCHINSK CONFERENCE; TOMÁS PEREIRA, JING TIAN, AND NERCHINSK; PART VIMISSION BY MUSICTHE ORGANIST AND ORGAN BUILDER TOMÁS PEREIRA; THE MACAU RICCI INSTITUTE; INDEXThe present collection was written to commemorate the third centenary of the death of the Portuguese Jesuit, Tomás Pereira (1645-1708). Dealing with some of the most decisive and controversial moments in the history of the Jesuit mission in China during the Kangxi era (1662-1722), these essays were produced by an international team of scholars and cover a wide range of topics that reflect a permanent academic interest, in Europe and America as well as in China, in the history of the Catholic ...ChristianityJapanHistory17th centuryChinaHistoryKangxi, 1662-1722ChristianityHistory266.2092Wardega Artur K1524710Vasconcelos de Saldanha Antonio649856MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786239603321In the light and shadow of an emperor3765737UNINA