Why Did the Chinese Imperial Court Initially Welcome the Jesuit

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why did the Chinese imperial court initially welcome the Jesuit missionaries?

• A) The Chinese state saw the political and military success of the European states as a demonstration of the power of the Christian God.
• B) The Chinese people had been defeated,their societies disrupted,and their cultural confidence shattered.
• C) The Jesuits' knowledge in mathematics,astronomy,technology,geography,and mapmaking was useful to the Chinese.
• D) The Jesuits far outnumbered the Chinese and had already converted the vast majority of the nomadic peoples in the steppes north of China.

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