Restituting Church Buildings and Negotiating Church Factions： Missionary Mapmakers and the Making of Local Networks （1712-1716）

At the turn of the 18th century, the Kangxi emperor initiated a large project to map the vast territories of the Qing. The land surveys that ensued were executed by teams of Qing officials and European missionaries, most of them French Jesuits first sent to China in 1685 and actively supported by the French crown. Early 18th century Jesuit publications foster a much-heralded claim that these missionary-mapmakers drew on their status of imperial envoys during the surveys to locally advance the position of the Catholic church. This article strives to explore the format/on of such local networks by these missionaries as they passed through the cities and towns of the Chinese provinces. On the basis of archival material, details emerge of contacts with local Qing administrators and Chinese Christians, and of attempts to purchase and recover local churches. This is then discussed against the background of the Rites Controversy, in an attempt to evaluate how such local networks relate to the rivalry between missionaries of different orders. The article emphasizes that there was （and perhaps is） no such thing as ＂pure science＂ by underscoring that important technical achievements such as the Qing mapping project are often shaped by complex networks and historical contingencies.     

迷墙

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关于中外文物法律比较之一

比较借鉴世界文化遗产法制建设的成果是新形势下加强我国文化遗产法制建设的最有效途径。本文从文物的界定方式、范围、认定标准和原则等方面将世界各国文化遗产法律法规进行了初步比较,为正在起草中的《文物认定条例》收集资料。     

喜上"花楼"忆往昔美不胜收看如今--畅谈花楼街辖区今昔变化

花楼街是武汉的名街,以其繁华而闻名。以前,花楼街分为前花楼和后花楼。现前花楼已改为黄陂街,后花楼就是如今的花楼街。     

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邯郸学舞？

《庄子·秋水》中有一个故事：一个燕国寿陵的少年来到邯郸,学邯郸人走路,结果没学会人家的姿势,还把自己的姿势忘了,只好爬着回国。     

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