An intercultural communication circuit of books: The establishment of an in-between textual community in China in the seventeenth century KU Leuven
A unique characteristic of the cultural contacts between China and Europe in the seventeenth century is the intercultural communication circuit of books: European books travelling to China and being translated and published into Chinese, and in return Chinese books travelling to Europe and being stored into European libraries. What shape did this communication circuit take? What are the characteristics of the intercultural books produced ...