HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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openly preach Christianity throughout China.
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advocate the Westernization of China.
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work with the Chinese elites.
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preach to the Chinese masses.
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Detailed explanation-1: -[The Jesuits] made efforts to translate western mathematical and astronomical works into Chinese and aroused the interest of Chinese scholars in these sciences. They made very extensive astronomical observation and carried out the first modern cartographic work in China.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Jesuits accompanied the first early modern incursions of Europeans into China in the late Ming and one of its founding fathers, St. Francis Xavier, died attempting to enter China in 1552. They established themselves firmly in China after many attempts firstly in Macao in the 1560s and then in Guangdong in 1582.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did the Jesuits feel about Chinese religions? Jesuits wanted to incorporate aspects of Chinese culture into the Christian religion, such as rituals honoring ancestors and the Emperor.