| Date | 2024 |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Article (in Periodical) |
| Shelf | Digital Archives |
| Call Number | TN101.V64 2024a. |
| Description | 48 p. |
| Note | "Adam Schall von Bell’s Investigations of the Earth’s Interior (Kunyu gezhi 坤輿格致, 1639–1640): Recent Achievements and Future Prospects" / Hans Ulrich Vogel 傅汉思 and Cao Jin 曹晋. Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2. Local access dig.pdf [Vogel and Jin-Adam Schall von Bell’s Investigations.pdf] Abstract: This article explores Adam Schall von Bell’s Investigations of the Earth’s Interior (Kunyu gezhi 坤輿格致, 1639–1640), a significant Jesuit work aimed at reforming the Chinese mining and smelting industry by introducing relevant European technologies during the late Ming period. After being lost for centuries, the recent rediscovery of a partial manuscript housed in the Nanjing Library has reinvigorated scholarly interest in this treatise. The authors present findings on the manuscript’s origins, dating, and its reliance on Georgius Agricola’s De re metallica alongside other Renaissance works, such as those by Lazarus Ercker or Vannoccio Biringuccio. They challenge claims that the Investigations of the Earth’s Interior introduced the Western concept of “minerals” (kuangwu 礦物) to China, arguing that the term retained its traditional meaning of “ores and materials.” Additionally, the article presents new historical documents revealing attempts to implement the treatise’s methods and the bureaucratic challenges that prevented its widespread adoption. These topics shed light on the Investigations of the Earth’s Interior’s role in early global knowledge transmission and its potential impact on China’s mining and metallurgical practices during the Ming-Qing transition. |
| Subject | China--Jesuit work China--Western influences China--Mining and smelting industry |
| Date | 2024 |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Article (in Periodical) |
| Shelf | Digital Archives |
| Call Number | TN101.M563 V64 2024 |
| Description | 48p |
| Note | "Adam Schall von Bell's Investigations of the Earth's Interior (Kunyu gezhi 坤與格致, 1639-1640): Recent Achievements and Future Prospects"/Hans Ulrich Vogel and Cao Jin曹晉 https://www.sciengine.com/CAHST/doi/10.3724/SP.J.1461.2024.02001 This article belongs to volume 8, issue 2 of the Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology, 2024 Local access dig.pdf [Vogel and Cao-Adam Schall von Bell's Investigations.pdf] Abstract: This article explores Adam Schall von Bell’s Investigations of the Earth’s Interior (Kunyu gezhi 坤輿格致, 1639–1640), a significant Jesuit work aimed at reforming the Chinese mining and smelting industry by introducing relevant European technologies during the late Ming period. After being lost for centuries, the recent rediscovery of a partial manuscript housed in the Nanjing Library has reinvigorated scholarly interest in this treatise. The authors present findings on the manuscript’s origins, dating, and its reliance on Georgius Agricola’s De re metallica alongside other Renaissance works, such as those by Lazarus Ercker or Vannoccio Biringuccio. They challenge claims that the Investigations of the Earth’s Interior introduced the Western concept of “minerals” (kuangwu 礦物) to China, arguing that the term retained its traditional meaning of “ores and materials.” Additionally, the article presents new historical documents revealing attempts to implement the treatise’s methods and the bureaucratic challenges that prevented its widespread adoption. These topics shed light on the Investigations of the Earth’s Interior’s role in early global knowledge transmission and its potential impact on China’s mining and metallurgical practices during the Ming-Qing transition.
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| Subject | Chinese Christians--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 Mines and mineral resources--China China--Jesuit influences Kunyu gezhi 坤與格致, 1639-1640 Geology |
| Date | 2010 |
| Publish_location | Leiden |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book (Proceedings) |
| Series | Conceptual history and Chinese linguistics ; v. 1 |
| Shelf | Hallway Cases |
| Call Number | BD581.C6654 2010 |
| Description | xiii, 566 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note | Concepts of nature : a Chinese-European cross-cultural perspective / edited by Hans Ulrich Vogel and Günter Dux ; with an overview and introduction by Mark Elvin. Papers from a conference on "Understanding nature in China and Europe until the eighteenth century : a cross-cultural project," held in Rheine, Westphalia, Germany, March 22-25, 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents and portions of the text are online at Google Books. |
| Subject | Science--China--History--Congresses Philosophy of nature--China--History--Congresses Philosophy of nature--Europe--History--Congresses Philosophy of nature--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses Nature and civilization--China--History--Congresses Nature and civilization--Europe--History--Congresses Nature and civilization--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses China--Intellectual life--Congresses Science--Europe--History--Congresses Europe--Intellectual life--Congresses |
| ISBN | 9789004185265 ; 9004185267 |
| LCCN | 2010027360 |
| Date | 2024 |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Article (in Periodical) |
| Shelf | Digital Archives |
| Call Number | TN101.V64 2024 |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Note | Report on Research Project: Jesuit Translations of Renaissance Scientific, Technical, and Medical Knowledge to Late Ming China / Cao Jin 曹晋, Sabine KINK 金霞笔 and Hans Ulrich Vogel 傅汉思. Chinese Annals of History of Science and Technology, Volume 8, Issue 2. Local access dig.pdf [Jin, Kink, and Vogel-Report on Research Project.pdf] |
| Subject | China--Jesuit work China--Western influences China--Jesuit missionaries |
