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Figurism

Figurism was an intellectual movement of Jesuit missionaries at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, whose participants viewed the I Ching as a prophetic book containing the mysteries of Christianity, and prioritized working with the Qing Emperor (rather than with the Chinese literati) as a way of promoting Christianity in China.

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Figurism

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Triples29
Avg. degree1.96
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Figurism

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Figurism → China, Chinese University Press, Curious Land, David Emil, Eighteenth Centuries, Europe, Hawaii Press, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Images, Influences, ISBN, Jesuit Accommodation, Jesuit Figurism, Lackner, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Michael, Monograph Series

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chinese china figurists christian jesuits literati jesuit europe qing classics work missionaries viewed ching early well bouvet could history 17th

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the veneration of ancestors as essentially civil functions meant to edify the people in virtuous moralsinstance ofThey viewed Chinese rites0.80text
rather than as religious ritesinstance ofThey viewed Chinese rites0.80text
Figurismrelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyLock-red-alt-20.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyWikisource-logo0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyLackner0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyMichael0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyJesuit Figurism0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyChina0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyEurope0.60section
Figurismrelated to BibliographyImages0.60section

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