Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 27: TRADITION AND CHANGE IN EAST ASIA

Primary Source Links


Père du Halde: The Chinese Educational System, c. 1575 CE
A Westerner describes China's system of education.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/1575duhalde1.html )
The Chinese Rites Controversy, 1715
Several documents relating to the Catholic controversy regarding the nature of Confucian ancestor worship.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1715chineserites.html )
Honda Toshiaki: A Secret Plan for Government, 1798
A call for reforming the Japanese government.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1798honda.html )
St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus in Europe, 1552
St. Francis Xavier's description of sixteenth-century Japan.
( http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1552xavier4.html )
Matteo Ricci
Image of Matteo Ricci.
( http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/images/mricci.gif )
Matteo Ricci: The Art of Printing (late 16th Century CE)
The Jesuit Matteo Ricci describes Chinese printing techniques.
( http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/ric-prt.html )
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