Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. INTRODUCTION 13
4. I. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPEAN BACKGROUND TO THE ACCOMMODATION OF CHINA 23
5. II. RICCI'S FORMULATION OF JESUIT ACCOMMODATION IN CHINA: THE STRUGGLE FOR LITERATI ACCEPTANCE 44
6. III. THE CONTINUATION OF JESUIT ACCOMMODATION IN THE WORKS OF SEMEDO AND MAGALHAES 74
7. IV. THE PROTO-SINOLOGICAL ASSIMILATION OF CHINA'S HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY IN THE WORKS OF MARTINI 106
8. V. THE PROTO-SINOLOGIST KIRCHER AND THE HERMETIC CONNECTION IN THE EUROPEAN ASSIMILATION OF CHINA 134
9. VI. PROTO-SINOLOGY AND THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPEAN SEARCH FOR A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE 174
10. VII. THE GERMAN PROTO-SINOLOGISTS' SEARCH FOR A CLAVIS SINICA 208
11. VIII. CONFUCIUS SINARUMPHILOSOPHUS AS A CULMINATION OF RICCI'S ACCOMMODATION 247
12. IX. THE EVOLUTION OF JESUIT ACCOMMODATION IN THE FIGURISM OF BOUVET 300
13. X. PROPAGANDIZERS AND CRITICS OF JESUIT ACCOMMODATION 329
14. CONCLUSION 354
15. A NOTE EXPLAINING THE DUAL DATING OF CERTAIN LETTERS 359
16. GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS 360
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 369
18. INDEX 380
19. ERRATA 407