China and the Church : Chinoiserie in global context / Christopher M.S. Johns.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-173) and index.
China and the Church: from Matteo Ricci to the Chinese rites controversy -- Chinoiserie and Chinese art: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Chinoiserie and the Chinese body -- Conclusion: Chinoiserie and the enlightenment.

"This groundbreaking study examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Art-historical examinations of chinoiserie have largely ignored the role of the church and its conversion efforts in Asia; Johns, however, demonstrates that the emperor's 1722 prohibition against Catholic evangelization, occurring after almost a century and a half of tolerance, prompted a remarkable change in European visualizations of China in Roman Catholic countries. China and the Church considers the progress of Christianity in China during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, examines authentic works of Chinese art available to European artists producing chinoiserie, and explains how the East Asian male body in Western art changed from "normative" depictions to whimsical, feminized grotesques after the collapse of the missionary efforts during the 1720s."--Provided by publisher.

Chapter One. Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Italian Writings on China.
1. Italy ''Rediscovers" China. a. A Brief Historical Overview (ca. 1500-1700). b. The First Accounts: Ramusio and G. B. Maffei. 2. The Eye Witness Reports. a. Missionary Writings: Martini and Intorcetta. B. Merchant and Secular Reports: Carletti and Gemelli-Careri. 3. Italians at Home. a. Travel Accounts "Once-Removed:" Bartoli and Magalotti. b. Scholary Works: The China of the lntellectuals.
Chapter Two. The Italian Reception of China in the Eighteenth Century. Part One: 1700-1747.
a. The Missionary Dream Splinters: Writings on China by Religious. b. Opinions Multiply: Merchant Reports and Secular Compilations. c. Ruminations on Italian Soil: China According to the Scholars.
Part Two: 1748-1770. a. French Voices: Italy's Intellectual Importations. 1.Voltaire. 2. Montesquieu. 3. Rousseau. b. Italian Arguments: The Chinese Debate Escalates. 1. Genovesi. 2. Baretti and the Verri Brothers. 3. Algarotti, Parini, Beccaria.
Part Three: 1770-1812 ca. a.The Chinese Myth Endures: Late Settecento Supporters of China. 1. Galiani. 2. Filangieri. 3. Carli. b. New Scrutiny: China in Early Nineteenth-Century Italy. 1. Foscolo.
Chapter Three. Chiari's Chinese Adventure: La schiava cinese (1753) and Le sorelle cinesi (1754)
Chapter Four. Goldoni Goes to China: L 'isola disabitata (1757)
Chapter Five. China Refracted by Gozzi: Turandot 1762)
Conclusion.

Introduction: Entering the Language Continuum -- 1. Silence, Script, and “New Understandings” -- 2. Figures, Hieroglyphs, and Ciphers -- 3. Ships, Bricks, and the Majesty of Writing: The New Century -- Conclusion.

"This detailed, chronological study investigates the rise of the European fascination with the Chinese language up to 1615. By meticulously investigating a wide range of primary sources, Dinu Luca identifies a rhetorical continuum uniting the land of the Seres, Cathay, and China in a tropology of silence, vision, and writing. Tracing the contours of this tropology, The Chinese Language in European Texts: The Early Period offers close readings of language-related contexts in works by classical authors, medieval travelers, and Renaissance cosmographers, as well as various merchants, wanderers, and missionaries, both notable and lesser-known. What emerges is a clear and comprehensive understanding of early European ideas about the Chinese language and writing system."--Publisher note.

Local access dig.pdf. [Luca-Chinese language European texts.pdf]

Ruxue Xichuan Ouzhou yanjiu daolun : 16-18 shiji Zhongxue Xichuan de guiji yu yingxiang  儒學西傳歐洲研究導論 : 16-18世紀中學西傳的軌跡與影響  / Zhang Xiping zhu  張西平著.

Colophon title also in pinyin: Ruxue Xichuan Ouzhou yanjiu daolun.
ncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.

"北京市社会科学理论著作出版基金资助, 本书得到北京外国语大学北京对外文化交流基地, 中国文化走出去协同创新中心支持"--Preliminary page.

本書以研究中國古代文化經典在西方的傳播和影響為主題, 以16-18世紀為重點, 以人物, 機構和刊物為抓手, 較為系統的梳理了中國古代文化經典在西方傳播和影響. 本書是國內第一次對中國古代文化經典在西方的傳播和影響做較為系統的梳理和學術上的研究.

目錄
前言 開拓儒學早期西傳歐洲研究的新領域
導語
第一章 羅明堅：中國古代文化經典西傳的拓荒者
一、首次將儒家經典《大學》的部分內容翻譯成拉丁文
二、繪製了歐洲的第一份中國地圖
三、第一本介紹中國及在中國傳教的拉丁文著作
四、第一次將《四書》翻譯成拉丁文
五、羅明堅在中西文化交流史上的地位
第二章 來華耶穌會：中國古代文化經典西傳的橋樑
一、「禮儀之爭」前來華傳教士對中國古代典籍的翻譯
二、「禮儀之爭」中在華耶穌會會士對中國典籍的翻譯
三、來華耶穌會士對中國典籍翻譯的一個初步小結
第三章 《中國哲學家孔子》：18世紀歐洲的中國哲學名著
一、《中國哲學家孔子》簡介
二、《中國哲學家孔子》與禮儀之爭
三、《中國哲學家孔子》的跨文化特點
四、《中國哲學家孔子》的世界文化史意義
五、《中國哲學家孔子》的基本內容
六、書中譯文的分析：搖擺於歐洲與中國之間
七、對中國知識認識的推進
第四章 16-18世紀中國文化經典對歐洲的影響
一、全球史觀下新的思考
二、18世紀歐洲的中國熱
三、中國思想的價值
四、啟蒙精神與中國傳統文化
第五章 一個初步的研究總結
一、耶穌會中學西傳事業的翻譯數量及時段劃分
二、16-18世紀中學西傳的一個小結
三、16-18世紀中學西傳研究落後的原因
結語
附錄
一、《入華耶穌會年報告檔案文獻目錄》中傳教士關於「禮儀之爭」之記載的目錄
二、歐洲最早的儒家經典翻譯
三、波塞維諾《圖書選編》（1593）中的中國
四、羅明堅在《書選：有關歷史、學科、救世的學習方法》中有關中國的記載
五、《中國哲學家孔子》中的《中庸》譯文擇錄
六、衛方濟《中國六經》法文轉譯本序言
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