(Ebook) Harmonious Disagreement Matteo Ricci and His Closest Chinese Friends Asian Thought and Culture 1st edition by Yu Liu 1433132419 9781433132414

(Ebook) Harmonious Disagreement Matteo Ricci and His Closest Chinese Friends Asian Thought and Culture 1st edition by Yu Liu 1433132419 9781433132414

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ISBN-10 :  1433132419 

ISBN-13 : 9781433132414

Author:   Yu Liu 

The fascinating story of Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) changing himself while trying to change the religious faith of the Chinese has been told many times. As a Jesuit, Ricci pushed Christian evangelism by claiming a theistic affinity with Confucianism and by presenting himself as a defender of Confucian orthodoxy from Buddhism. Already in his day, Ricci’s unusual cultural adaptation was controversial; not surprisingly, scholarly studies have hitherto focused almost exclusively on variations of this controversy. Reacting mostly to Ricci’s account of events, this line of research has provided insight, but much more can be learned about the early-modern cross-cultural encounter of Europe and China if the perspective is broadened to include his intricate and intriguing relationships with his Chinese friends. With his distinctively different religiosity, personal charisma, and knowledge of European science and mathematics, Ricci impressed the social and cultural elite of late Ming China, many of whom befriended him and some of whom became Christian converts. However, between him and his Chinese friends there were always disagreements, resulting sometimes from a lack of understanding or misunderstanding, and sometimes even when they apparently understood each other perfectly. Followed closely as the investigative thread of this book, the many kinds of disagreement cast an unusual light on an otherwise long familiar subject and are instructive for the at times tense and even hostile, but in reality always mutually energizing relationship of both competition and complement between China and the West in the early twenty-first century.

Harmonious Disagreement: Matteo Ricci and His Closest Chinese Friends (Asian Thought and Culture) 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1. Preparing the Ground for Evangelism: Matteo Ricci’s Terms of Endearment in Jiaoyou Lun
The Politics of Affection
The Popular Reception
The Distinct Lack of Distinction
The Implications of Rhetoric
The Divergent Expectation and Fulfilment
Chapter 2. Reading Theism into Confucianism: Matteo Ricci’s Ambiguous Alliance in Tianzhu Shiyi
Ruggieri’s Catechism
Ricci’s Revision
Harmonious Disagreement
The Tactical Maneuver
The Ambivalent Appreciation
The Surprising Directions of Change and Legacy
Chapter 3. Arousing Antagonism out of Buddhism: Matteo Ricci’s Deliberate Provocation in Tianzhu Shiyi
The All-out War
The Erstwhile Peace
The Calculated Change
The Gain and Loss
Measures of Cultural Understanding
Chapter 4. Making Use of Stoicism: Matteo Ricci’s Surprising Breakthrough in Ershiwu Yan
The Incongruent Mutual Appreciation
Epictetus and Adaptation
The Unexpected Triumph
The Secret of the Appeal
Chapter 5. The Ambiguity of Intimacy and Distance: The Exemplary Friendship of Qu Taisu
An Unusual Acquaintance
A Relationship of Mutual Satisfaction
A Skeleton in the Closet
Intimacy and Distance
Signs of Ideological Disagreement
Chapter 6. The Intricacies of Motivation and Benefit: The Catholic Faith of Xu Guangqi
Life before Baptism
The Complex Motivation
The Delicate Intimacy
The Ambiguous Benefit
Chapter 7. The Attractions of Science and Spirituality: The Independent Journey of Li Zhizao into Catholicism
Family History and the Fateful Encounter
The Limitations of Attraction
The Subdued Voice of Reservation
The Conversion
Science and Faith
Chapter 8. The Many Kinds of Acceptance and Rejection: The Ideological Commitment of Yang Tingyun
The Mingled Doctrinal Influences
The Different Degrees of Spiritual Openness
The Conversion
The Acceptance and Rejection
The Question of Faith
Conclusion: The Enduring Lesson of History

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