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9789622098954

The Story of a Stele

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  • ISBN13:

    9789622098954

  • ISBN10:

    9622098959

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-08-30
  • Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr
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Summary

Western readers have yet to come to terms with the fact that during much of our history very little was ever known about China. There was never any lack of information from missionaries and travelers and traders. But what kind of information was it? Wha

Author Biography

Michael Keevak is a professor in the Department of Foreign Languages at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Prologue: The Story of a Stonep. 1
A Stone Discoveredp. 5
The Century of Kircherp. 29
Eighteenth-Century Problems and Controversiesp. 61
The Return of the Missionariesp. 89
Epilogue: The Da Qin Templep. 129
Notesp. 143
Works Citedp. 169
Indexp. 187
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