0063R ZKW 640.6 (Xu 432) *strip [c] [Xu 302, CY 113] [B - ]
ms., Bi Fangji zouzhe 畢方濟奏摺, memorial presented by Francesco Sambiasi on the 6th day of the 12th month (i.e. January 3, 1645), asking for a burial place for João Rodrigues (d. 1633); ZKW copy-booklet, 4 ff. (10/20). note 56: Xu and Chen Yuan do not give a date (Pfister 143: 1633). P. Hoang reproduced it (in a version slightly different from the present text) under the year 1639; Zhengjiao fengbao (145R), ff. 17a-18b (cf. DMB 1147b). As the text speaks of a new reign (Longfei 龍飛, f. 16b) and of the reform of the calendar under the previous Emperor, Sambiasi must have presented it to the Hongguang Emperor (Southern Ming, 1644-1645) in Nanjing; cf. M. Cooper, Rodrigues the Interpreter (New York, 1974)-- Cf. Adrian Dudink, "The Zikawei Collection" (Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996)), p.21.

In volume 2 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻.
For complete contents see: Standaert, Nicolas, Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻.
For a description of all 37 texts, see the catalog of the Fujen Zikawei collection in Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996), or see individual records.

"An earlier draft of this article was presented at the 'International Conference on the History of Mathematical Sciences: Portugal and East Asia V—Visual and Textual Representations in Exchanges between Europe and East Asia,' held at National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, November 7–9, 2014."

Abstract: This paper addresses an extremely favorable portrayal by an envoy of Joseon Korea, Jeong Du-won, of the Portuguese Jesuit João Rodrigues, whom Jeong met in the course of his tributary mission to Ming China in 1630–1631. In his subsequent report to the Joseon king, Jeong portrayed Rodrigues as a benign gift-giver, while portraying himself as a passive recipient of Western gifts. Jeong’s characterization of the Jesuit and his gifts has provided modern historians with an important case to illustrate their Eurocentric account of Western Learning in Korea, an account in which the Koreans played simply the passive role of recipient of European culture. While questioning this Eurocentric account, I shall situate Jeong’s portrayal of the Jesuit in its political contexts—Jeong’s China mission and the bureaucratic politics of the Joseon dynasty. The image of Rodrigues as the benign gift-giver was created by Jeong, the Joseon envoy who served as the transmitter of higher culture from China to Korea. In his self-serving rhetorical efforts to legitimize the “barbarian” informant from the West, he managed to legitimize his own achievements within the China mission.
Keywords: Jeong Du-won, João Rodrigues, Western Learning, tributary mission, Jesuits in China, cultural encounter

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Rodrigues the interpreter : an early Jesuit in Japan and China / Michael Cooper.
Bibliography: p. 385-395.
Includes index.

Rodrigues the interpreter : an early Jesuit in Japan and China / Michael Cooper.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 385-395.