0453611 - OÚ 2019 RIV SI eng J - Journal Article
Liščák, Vladimír
Karel Slavíček, SJ and His Correspondence from China with European Astronomers and Scholars.
Asian Studies. 3 /19/, č. 2 (2015), s. 57-72. ISSN 2232-5131
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : Jesuit missionaries * China * Karel Slavíček
OECD category: Religious studies
Method of publishing: Open access

Karel Slavíček, SJ (1678–1735) was a Jesuit missionary to Chinese Empire, and in the same time the mathematician, astronomer and musician, coming from the Czech Crown lands. He was one of the eight Jesuits of the old Bohemian province who reached China. His letters from China are an ample source of his observation of life and customs in China, as well as of Chinese science. These letters in Czech translation, together with their originals (mostly in Latin), were published, for the first time, in 1995. This edition was later translated into Chinese and published in 2002 in Beijing. This article aims to acquaint the readers with the scientific contribution of Karel Slavíček, which we can found primarily in his letters to European scholars published so far.
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