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Why Was 16th Century China So Obsessed With Time? | Empire of Time (2022x113)

Udgivelsesdato: Sep 25, 2022

Matteo Ricci, a young Jesuit would be the first European to enter China at the end of the 16th century. Trained in geometry and algebra, he would soon discover that cosmology and the art of measuring time were at the very center of Chinese civilization and imperial authority, the Emperor’s Mandate of Heaven.