Book ID: CBB337173118

A Jesuit Garden in Beijing and Early Modern Chinese Culture (2011)

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Hui Zou (Author)


Purdue University Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: 198 pages
Language: English

In this volume, Hui Zou analyzes historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yuanming Yuan complex in Beijing, constructed during the Qing dynasty. Designed and built in the late eighteenth century by Italian and French Jesuits, the garden described in this book was a wonderland of multistoried buildings, fountains, labyrinths, and geometrical hills. It even included an open-air theater. Through detailed examination of historical literature and representations, Zou analyzes the ways in which the Jesuits accommodated their design within the Chinese cultural context. He shows how an especially important element of their approach was the application of a linear perspective the "line-method"-to create the jing, the Chinese concept of the bounded bright view of a garden scene. Hui Zou's book demonstrates how Jesuit metaphysics fused with Chinese cosmology and broadens our understanding of cultural and religious encounters in early Chinese modernity. It presents an intriguing reflection on the interaction between Western metaphysics and the poetical tradition of Chinese culture. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students in a variety of fields, including literature, philosophy, architecture, landscape and urban studies, and East-West comparative cultural studies.

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Authors & Contributors
Cams, Mario
Jami, Catherine
Han, Qi
Chu, Longfei
Statman, Alexander
Haohao Zhu
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
East Asia, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Transmission of ideas
Missionaries and missions
Cartography
Time Periods
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
17th century
18th century
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Early modern
20th century, early
Places
China
Beijing (China)
Mongolia
Europe
Paris (France)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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