Pleasing the Emperor: Revisiting the Figured Chinese Manuscript of Matteo Ricci's Maps
Aside from John Day’s important survey of the figured manuscript copies of Matteo Ricci’s map, there has been little investigation of the reasons they were made, the sources of their content or how they circulated. Key to understanding these maps is the text Zhifang waiji [職方外紀] (1623) edited by Giu...
| Published in: | Journal of Jesuit studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of Jesuit studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | AF Geography of religion KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Sabatino de Ursis
B cartographic politics B Ming Dynasty B world maps B Giulio Aleni B Kunyu wanguo quantu B Matteo Ricci B Yang Tingyun B Diego de Pantoja B Wanli Emperor |
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| Summary: | Aside from John Day’s important survey of the figured manuscript copies of Matteo Ricci’s map, there has been little investigation of the reasons they were made, the sources of their content or how they circulated. Key to understanding these maps is the text Zhifang waiji [職方外紀] (1623) edited by Giulio Aleni and Yang Tingyun. This text was actually the work of Diego de Pantoja and Sabatino de Ursis in Beijing, composed on the orders of the Wanli emperor. At the same time, a figured manuscript copy of Ricci’s map was composed, which was copied by other scholars in Beijing and circulated at court. These efforts, however, were largely aimed at pleasing the Wanli Emperor rather than impressing the literati with the extent of Jesuit knowledge. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-1332 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Jesuit studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22141332-00601003 |