How the Catholic Church infiltrated China using science | The Jesuit mission to China
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- Опубліковано 16 бер 2024
- In the midst of the Protestant Reformation, a group of devout Catholics gathered, and they formed the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, in 1540. Their aim? To revive Catholicism in Europe and spread Christianity around the world. China was one of their targets. They wanted to spread Christianity to this ancient Empire. But there was a problem - China did not welcome foreigners, and the Chinese authorities restricted the movement of foreigners into the country.
After many years of failures, they finally found a strategy to solve this. In 1613, the head of the Jesuit China mission, Niccolò Longobardo, sent his confrère Nicolas Trigault to Europe to recruit new Jesuits skilled in astronomy and mathematics. When Trigault returned to China, he brought with him a number of outstanding mathematicians and scientists, including the German Johann Adam Schall von Bell, the Bohemian Wenceslaus Pantaleon Kirwitzer and the Swiss Johannes Schreck. Schreck in particular was a friend of Galileo, and would later have correspondence with Kepler. They were tasked to implement a strategy pioneered by their senior Italian confrère Matteo Ricci… What followed might sound like comedy, but it’s 100% real history.
Major sources of information:
[1] Huff, Toby E. Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution. Cambridge University Press.
[2] Brockey, Liam Matthew. Journey to the East. Harvard University Press.
[3] Standaert, Nicolas. Handbook of Christianity in China: 635 - 1800. Brill Academic Publishers.
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A post-production note about the 1629 solar eclipse: It was a partial eclipse. Whilst total eclipses last only minutes, partial eclipses could last hours. A recent academic paper by Alighieri & Corsi (2020) suggested that previous academic works (including the figures relayed in [1] that I quoted for this video) actually made errors in translating or interpreting the ancient sources, and in fact the “2 minutes” should instead be one and a half hours, i.e. the (partial) eclipse lasted around an hour and a half, as was the Jesuits’ prediction (and modern calculation). The numbers given in ancient sources are not easy to interpret, since they used archaic units of measurements and notations, not the modern metric units. Two ancient sources also appeared to differ slightly with each other with one seemingly suggesting the former interpretation vaguely. Nevertheless, whatever the numbers, the Chinese government at the time agreed that the Jesuits’ prediction was the most accurate.
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Thanks very much! :)
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Great video! Really impressive job on the artwork as well. Thank you for the vid!
Wow, hat an interesting story. Imagine how different the world would be today if the Pope had sided with the Jesuits instead!
I enjoyed the video very much, and the art adds lots of value to the video with little bits of comedy.
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Thanks very much, I hope so too!
Incredible story and storytelling
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Lovely video
How the heck does anyone predict a two-hour long eclipse? You don't even need a calendar to know better - just write down how long any eclipse has ever lasted
It was a partial eclipse. Whilst total eclipse lasts only minutes, partial eclipse could last hours. A recent academic paper by Alighieri & Corsi (2020) suggested that previous academic works (including the figures relayed in [1] that I quoted for this video) actually made errors in translating or interpreting the ancient sources, and in fact the “2 minutes” should instead be one and a half hours, i.e. the (partial) eclipse lasted around an hour and a half, as was the Jesuits’ prediction. The numbers given in ancient sources are not easy to interpret, since they used archaic units of measurements and notations, not the modern metric units. Nevertheless, whatever the numbers, the Chinese government at the time agreed that the Jesuits’ prediction was the most accurate.
Very interesting history, thank you.
Awesome video, love the illustrations. Did you draw the maps yourself?
Thanks very much! Yes, for a consistent art style here every stroke of the maps was hand drawn!
You're videos are so underrated! I don't know why this isn't getting thousands of views. Also, could I know what software you use to produce these videos? I hope this doesn't come across as offensive but they feel like very well done powerpoints, providing the same value with less flashy editing. I would like make my videos like this!
Thanks very much! The hardest bit here was drawing the cartoons which I drew on the Procreate app on my iPad with an Apple Pencil, but of course you can use other tablets with digital pen. And then to put them together in the simple way I did you can use any video editing software like DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro. No need to use the likes of After Effects for simple aminations like this.
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I want to ask, are you planning on doing another video about linguistics? I find those very interesting.
A story of how superstition in whatever form is destructive to shared prosperity
Interesting new stories? That's to put a mildly.
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請問Lam大哥是哪裡人
HK/UK
Great story!
Taiwan was not part of china then?
Taiwan only came under Chinese control for the first time in the late 17th century, so indeed at the start of this story Taiwan was not part of China. Another fun fact was that Taiwan was Dutch territory (colony) before it was ever Chinese territory!
@@lamkingming Dutch! WTF?!!? I want it back!
(Im Frisian, Dutch Frisian.)
Haha you can still see the remnant of the Dutch fort Fort Zeelandia today if you visit Taiwan! Great to have a Frisian subscriber!