Interpretive Rings: Jesuit Explanations of Confucian Classics and Local Responses in the Late Ming and Early Qing

Author: Liu Yunhua
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book takes the interpretation of Confucian classics by missionaries and their local responses as the basic thread, selecting several important Confucian categories, propositions, and missionary writings as case studies for analysis. It attempts to reveal the deep mechanisms of collision and response that occurred in the early stages of cultural encounter between the East and the West. The historical materials are rich and detailed, and the analysis is thorough, capable of inspiring deep reflection.