File Download
There are no files associated with this item.
Supplementary
-
Citations:
- Appears in Collections:
Conference Paper: The Jesuits and Chinese Science
| Title | The Jesuits and Chinese Science |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Keywords | Jesuit mission Science Knowledge Diffusion Elites Human Capital |
| Issue Date | 2019 |
| Citation | The 7th Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) Summer Forum, Barcelona, spain, 10-22 June 2019 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Based on the historical context of the Jesuit mission to China from 1580, this paper examines the role of knowledge diffusion in scientific production. To facilitate their China mission, the Jesuits introduced European sciences to Chinese cultural elites—the Confucian literati. This stimulated the literati toward scientific research. In places where the Jesuits diffused European sciences, the number of Chinese scientific works increased significantly. But this effect disappeared after the Pope dismissed the Jesuit mission in 1773. The finding questions the conventional wisdom that the Confucian literati of imperial China disparaged science, and demonstrates the importance of opening to knowledge flow in scientific progress. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/291073 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Ma, C | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-02T05:51:11Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-02T05:51:11Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 7th Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) Summer Forum, Barcelona, spain, 10-22 June 2019 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/291073 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Based on the historical context of the Jesuit mission to China from 1580, this paper examines the role of knowledge diffusion in scientific production. To facilitate their China mission, the Jesuits introduced European sciences to Chinese cultural elites—the Confucian literati. This stimulated the literati toward scientific research. In places where the Jesuits diffused European sciences, the number of Chinese scientific works increased significantly. But this effect disappeared after the Pope dismissed the Jesuit mission in 1773. The finding questions the conventional wisdom that the Confucian literati of imperial China disparaged science, and demonstrates the importance of opening to knowledge flow in scientific progress. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE) Summer Forum | - |
| dc.subject | Jesuit mission | - |
| dc.subject | Science | - |
| dc.subject | Knowledge Diffusion | - |
| dc.subject | Elites | - |
| dc.subject | Human Capital | - |
| dc.title | The Jesuits and Chinese Science | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Ma, C: macc@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Ma, C=rp02278 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 317896 | - |