Sancian, Gate to China: Kaspar Castner's Account of the Grave of Saint Francis Xaver

Author:   Gerd Treffer ,  Thierry Meynard
Publisher:   Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
Volume:   24
ISBN:  

9783795434557


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   07 August 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Sancian, Gate to China: Kaspar Castner's Account of the Grave of Saint Francis Xaver


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In 1552, St. Francis Xavier died on the island of Sancian without setting foot on mainland China. Since then, this image of Francis Xavier on Sancian has been enshrined in Western memory, and many missionaries, merchants and adventurers have tried to realise the unfinished dream of Francis Xavier. In 1700, the German Jesuit Kaspar Castner was sent to build a tomb for Francis Xavier on Sancian. During the three months he and his workers spent there, he encountered the local population and the soldiers that the Chinese government had installed there to protect them from pirates. Castner wrote a report on this period, which is presented here for the first time in a modern scholarly translation into German, English and Chinese. Kastner's report is a unique contemporary document that provides a glimpse of the clash of different worldviews, cultures, ethnicities and religions. The publication is rounded off by a facsimile of the Latin report cut in wood from the University Library of the LMU Munich.

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Author:   Gerd Treffer ,  Thierry Meynard
Publisher:   Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
Imprint:   Schnell & Steiner GmbH, Verlag
Volume:   24
Weight:   0.749kg
ISBN:  

9783795434557


ISBN 10:   3795434556
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   07 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Gerd Treffer ist Direktor historische Projekte des Audi Konfuzius-Instituts Ingolstadt. Er ist Autor zahlreicher historischer Bücher, Fernseh- und Hörfunkbeiträge, darunter „Perlen aus der Geschichte Foshans“. Er war Kurator der Ausstellung „Jesuitenmission in China“ im Bayerischen Armeemuseum 2016. Thierry Meynard SJ ist Professor an der Philosophischen Fakultät der Sun-Yat-Sen University (Guangdong), wo er Philosophie des Abendlandes und Lateinische Philologie unterrichtet.

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