KSCB062 Christian Missions and the beginnings of the China-West Contacts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer)
doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Lucie Olivová, MA, Ph.D., DSc.
Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Vávrová Mašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Chinese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:30–14:05 zruseno D31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
During the course, students will gain an overview of the history of Christian missions in China. They will learn how the missionaries influenced the level of information on China in Europe, and vice versa, and be able to give a proper evaluation of the cultural meaning of the missions.
Syllabus
  • the beginnings of East-Asian missions
  • maritime discoveries and the political division of the World
  • the rise of Jesuita and "the Japanese Century"
  • Portuguese stronghold Macao
  • M. Ricci, maps and first cognitive writings on China
  • the inner problems of the Cahtolic missions: Rites Controversy
  • Chinese fashion: tea, porcelain and garden architecture
  • the Franciscan missions
  • Jesuit learning at the Manchu court
  • China viewed from the 18c Europe: the science
  • China viewed from the 18c Europe: chinoiseries
  • the ban of Cristianity in China and clandestine missions
  • Protestants and their methods of Evangelization
Literature
    required literature
  • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Pojednání o věcech čínských. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2015. ISBN 9788074296291
  • Josef Koláček, Čínské epištoly. Refugium Velehrad-Roma, Velehrad 1999
  • OLIVOVÁ, Lucie. Kdo byl bratr Castiglione? Zásluhy umělce na čínských misiích (Who Was Brother Castiglione? An Artist’s Merit and the Chinese Mission). In Michal Altrichter. Miscellanea Jesuitica II. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Refugium, 2009, p. 21-70, 49 pp. info
  • ANDREOTTI, Giulio. Matteo Ricci : jezuita v Číně (1552-1610). Edited by Matteo Ricci, Translated by Josef Koláček - Lucie Olivová. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Refugium Velehrad-Roma, 2007, 111 s. ISBN 9788086715827. info
    recommended literature
  • OLIVOVÁ, Lucie. Ignaz Sichelbarth, a Jesuit painter in China. In Petronila Čemus. Bohemia Jesuitica 1556-2006. 1. vydání. Praha - Würzburg: Karolinum, 2010, p. 1431-1450. ISBN 978-80-246-1755-8. info
  • ZEMPLINER, Artur. Čínská filosofie v novověké evropské filosofii. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1966, 211 s. URL info
  • KALISTA, Zdeněk. Cesty ve znamení kříže : dopisy a zprávy českých misionářů XVII.- XVIII. věku ze zámořských krajů. Praha: Evropský literární klub, 1941, 250 s. info
    not specified
  • LIŠČÁK, Vladimír. Františkánské misie v Číně : (13.-18. století). Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2015, 475 stran. ISBN 9788020024633. info
Teaching methods
lectures, screening of the pictorial documentation
Assessment methods
midterm and final tests
a written or an oral report, based on the reading
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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