The Imagination of Alchemy: A Chinese Response to Catholicism in Late Ming and Early Qing

As a common cultural phenomenon in China and the West, alchemy not only embodies the scientific spirit of people before modern times, but also contains certain religious beliefs, and even creates unrealistic secular imaginations. When Catholicism entered China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the...

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Main Author: Wang, Xiliang (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 12
Further subjects:B Alchemy
B mercury
B Matteo Ricci
B the source of funds
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