Chapter 2144: Westerners

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Not to mention that they were sighing, but in the famous "Nantang" in Nanjing, under the oil lamp, four Western monks were talking about the influence of the new king of Ming Dynasty on them.

The South Hall is a 20-meter-high Baroque cathedral in Nanjing. It has a tall dome with pictures of angels and the kingdom of heaven painted on it. There are three halls and five altars. The front of the altar is surrounded by railings. On the gilded square plaque hanging on the wall of the church may be painted or written about the deeds of Christ, the commandment of God, straight blessings, compassion and good deeds.

Nantang is a cathedral that Xinming allowed the Jesuits to build, and Western monks are priests. Their names are Tang Ruowang, Lilisi, An Wensi, and Nan Huairen. They are missionaries working on the land of China, hoping to let Europeans Catholicism took root in China.

The most important of these is Tang Ruowang (1592 -), the word Daowei, a German, a Jesuit missionary of the Holy Roman Empire, a Catholic Jesuit monk, priest, and scholar.

In the history of Sino-Western cultural exchanges, the history of Chinese Christianity, and the history of Chinese science and technology, Tang Ruowang is a figure that cannot be ignored. With his pious beliefs and profound knowledge, he established his important position in the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West. He adopted a strategy of scientific missionary work and made many contributions to the revision of the Ming court calendar and artillery manufacturing.

Nan Huairen, the word Dunbo, and the word Xunqing, a native of Pittem (near Brussels, Belgium) in the Spanish Netherlands, a Jesuit missionary, astronomer and scientist in the Qing Dynasty, born October 9, 1623, September 1641 He joined the Society of **** on the 29th and arrived in Nanhua in 1658. After that, he went all the way north, via Annan to southern China, and only arrived in Nanjing a month ago to meet with the predecessors.

This is a group of respectable priests, because they fight for their ideals and beliefs and do not return to Europe. They have a kind of "unsuccessful, benevolent" artistic conception.

They preached in the former Ming and Xinming, and there were successful examples. For example, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the important minister Xu Guangqi was baptized and established a Christian. At that time, there were even eunuchs in the palace who also believed in religion.

And Sun Yuanhua of Nanhua also believes in religion!

The Ming Dynasty did not strictly control religious beliefs. Both Catholicism and Christianity were unrestricted, but there was a lot of resistance from the people. Because China was very awkward, they looked down on Baipi and regarded it as a "ghost". If anyone is better than Baipi, others Just call that guy "something ghost!"

Therefore, the foreign missionaries followed the upper-level line at the time, and the dazzling technique of translating the doctrine to cater to Ming people's thinking was very much criticized by European orthodoxy at that time. In a word, missionary is difficult!

Now in Daming, the new dynasty is sure that what the four priests want is whether there is a chance to take advantage of it?

Speaking of religions in Chinese history, it is no exaggeration to use all-encompassing. China’s cultural blood has contained inclusive genes from ancient times to the present. Therefore, in addition to localized religions such as Taoism and Confucianism, foreign religions such as Buddhism, Both Islam and Lamaism can find fresh ground in China.

Therefore, in Daming, if a rich family organizes a funeral, there will be Taoist priests, monks, lamas, and shamans who will go to battle. Only in such an extreme situation as China, there will be no fierce conflicts between each religion. There are many places where the three saints stand side by side, that is, Confucius, Laozi and Buddha sit in a row and eat incense.

It is the red flower, white lotus root and green lotus leaf. Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism originally belonged to the same family. This is almost an unimaginable phenomenon for foreign friends!

The belief in polytheism is obvious on Daming’s side, while on the South China Empire side, Mazu believers account for 90%, and the remaining 10% are Buddhism. At the birthday of Guanyin, the fast is also held, and incense is given to the Buddha and the Guanyin empress, which is very harmonious.

Catholicism and Christianity are monotheistic religions. In the land of China, they want to exclude other religions. The difficulty can be imagined!

However, the four priests are all determined people and determined to face the difficulties. They decided to find a way to exert influence on the new emperor in order to preach!

In fact, the establishment of the Nantang was drenched in the light of Chinese polytheism. Thanks to the belief in polytheism, the Nantang was successfully established.

"We should do our work more carefully and spread the Holy Religion to the Chinese people more. We can't rely on the emperor alone!" Nan Huairen asked when he first arrived and was unfamiliar with Daming's national conditions.

"My friend, you have also seen a scene during the day. This is the power of the Eastern Emperor. In his kingdom, no one can challenge their dignity. Their will is the will of the entire country. In contrast, we Compared with the Chinese emperor, the king of China is a tiny firefly and the moon in the sky.” Tang Ruowang explained to him patiently.

"The only thing that can make the Chinese emperor bow his head is God, but the God of the East is not the God of the West!" Tang Ruowang has a thorough understanding of the difference between the Chinese "God" and the Western "God", and he wrote the Chinese word " "God" let Nan Huairen understand.

"Every emperor in China claims to be a son of heaven. Gods must be recognized by the Chinese emperor before they can become true gods. The power of the Chinese emperor is actually without any restrictions or taboos. The entire country is the private property of the emperor and all They are his servants. Only the emperor is free, and everyone else, including the prime minister, is his servant." Father Lilisi also said.

Father Avens is also very familiar with China’s national conditions. "Yes, when the most powerful emperor in Europe, Louis XIII of France, traveled with the "Swiss Guard of Hundreds" by his side, he thought that the pomp was extremely big, but every time the Chinese emperor When going out, there are at least 10,000 warriors in costume around me!"

"In Russia, Ivan IV also convened a meeting of the gentry composed of Boyar, high priests and fief nobles to formulate national political and economic policies; Britain established a parliamentary system three hundred years ago~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The rule of the king in the parliament gradually formed, and the king had no right to enact and terminate laws without authorization; in France, Louis XIII also had no right to deprive others of their lives at will, but could only send people who looked down upon him to the Bastille. In China, those powers are not worthy of the Chinese emperor's shoes." Tang Ruowang said.

Nan Huairen understood that "if the emperor of China issued a decree to spread our religion across the country, then we would have succeeded more than half!"

Tang Ruowang twisted his beard and said, "Russ can teach you!"

He spoke Chinese, and the other three priests also spoke Chinese. They all spoke Chinese when they preached in China.

"The question is how to get the trust of the Chinese emperor!" Li Leisi pointed out.

Everyone is thinking hard, wealth? woman? honor?

They were all rejected one by one. In the end, Nan Huairen found a batch of manuscripts from his suitcase saying "Maybe we will dedicate these to the emperor of China, and we will have a chance!"

The manuscripts brought by Nan Huairen include Fermat's last theorem, Fermat's little theorem, finding tangents, finding maximum and minimum values, and definite integral methods by the great mathematician Fermat; there is also Christian Huygens, The Dutch is a physicist, astronomer, and mathematician. His "The Quadrature Theorem of Hyperbola, Ellipse and Circle", "On Computation in Gambling" (a scientific paper on probability theory), as well as circles and two A treatise on secondary curves, complex curves, catenaries, and probability.

The priests read the manuscript and agreed, so these priests who believed in God devoted themselves to the study of science, intending to dedicate it to the emperor of China!

At that time, Chinese spy agencies also collected similar information in Europe, but due to the underdevelopment of information, it is normal for spies to not be able to obtain such information.

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