China and Europe by Thomas H.C. Lee - 9789622014657

China and EuropeImages and Influences in Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries\nAuthor(s): Thomas H.C. Lee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong\nImprint: The Chinese University Press\nISBN-13: 9789622014657, 978-9622014657\nSynopsis\nThe thirteen essays in this book are up-to-date scholarly reflections on issues related to the mutual understanding and influence between China and Europe during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The essays touch on the various religious, intellectual, scientific and artistic aspects of the encounter and show that there had been significant interactions of different degrees of success. On religious and intellectual aspects, it is shown that the European understanding of Chinese thought in general and Confucianism in particular was superficial and self-serving. The transfer of science and technology had been more successful, though not without its problems, and the question of how \""influence\"" should be understood is rai.