Matteo Ricci and the missionary role in the evolution of Chinese lexicon / Ming Zhao.
| Author/creator | Zhao, Ming |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Interdisciplinary and transcultural approaches to Chinese literature Interdisciplinary and transcultural approaches to Chinese literature. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Abstract | "This is a systematic study of Matteo Ricci's (1552-1610) enormous impact on the development of modern scientific and intellectual terminology in China. Taking the Sino-Western cultural exchanges initiated by Western Jesuit missionaries in the late-M©Ưng dynasty as its starting point, this book comprehensively presents the new terms coined by Ricci (and his collaborators) in his religious, geographical, geometrical, and astronomical Chinese writings. It uses a multitude of examples adopted from Ricci's Chinese works as well as from ancient Chinese documents to discuss etymological evolution. Ricci's early coinages of terms and their subsequent history demonstrate the role of interaction and scholarly collaboration between the late M©Ưng Jesuits and Chinese intellectuals in the formation of modern Chinese lexicon. The research conclusions of this book will further advance M©Ưng-dynasty studies and contribute to a new understanding of the creation of modern Chinese lexicon. A vital resource for students, scholars and linguists studying and researching in the history of Chinese and early Mandarin. This volume will also be very interesting among students and scholars of Chinese literature and history, particularly among scholars who work in M©Ưng history and literature"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024006671 |
| ISBN | 9781032789828 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032789965 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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