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1、SensationalRediscoveryofaManuscript:TheChineseTranslationofGeorgiusAgricolasDeremetallicaof1640Prof.Dr.HansUlrichVogelChairforChineseHistoryandSocietyDepartmentofChineseandKoreanStudies,InstituteofAsianandOrientalStudiesFacultyofHumanities,EberhardKarlsUniversitätTübingenRese
2、archonhistory,especiallyonancientChina,isfascinatingandfullofsurprises.OneinstancearetherecurrentarcheologicaldiscoveriesofancientChinesetextswrittenonbambooandsilkwhichchangeourunderstandingandperceptionofthetextusrecepti,suchoftheLaozi(Daodejing),orpro-videuswithnewandpreci
3、ousinsightsinto,forexample,thefunctioningoflawandjurisdictioninancientChina.ButalsotheperiodofimperialChinahasmuchtoofferinthisrespectgiventhefactthatwearestillconfrontedwithmanytextsthathavenotyetbeenexploredbymodernresearch.Asensationalexampleistherecentrediscoveryofamanusc
4、riptthatwasconsideredtohavebeenlostformorethan350years.ThedocumentinquestionistheChineseversionofGeorgiusAgricolas’(1494-1555)Deremetallica(1556),atranslationfromtheIll.1:PortraitofJohannAdamSchallvonBell(1592-1666)Latincarriedoutduringtheyears1638-1640byintheDressofaChineseM
5、andarin,1665JohannAdamSchallvonBell(TangRuowang湯若望;1592-1666;seeIll.1),JesuitmissionaryfromCologne,ontheinitiativeofthescholar-officialandastronomerLiTianjing李天經(1579-1659)andwiththesupportofthetwojuniorofficialsYangZhihua楊之華andHuangHongxian黃宏憲.ThetransmissionofAgricola’sDere
6、metallicatotheMiddleKingdomanditstranslationintoChi-neseconstitutehistoricaleventsoftremendousimportancenotonlyforWest-Eastrelationsandintercivilisationalencounters,butalsoforGermanhistoryinitsmultifariousdimensions.Asforthelat-ter,thephysicianofChemnitzisnodoubtoneofthegiant
7、intellectualfiguresoftheGermanRenais-sanceandacontemporaryofAlbrechtDürer(1471-1528).Hewasaprolificwriterwithwide-ranginginterests,especially,butnotexclusively,ineduca-tion,medicine,metrology,philosophyandhistory,andheisconsideredthe“father”ofthreenewlyemergingdisciplinesofkn
8、owledge,namely,mining,geologyandmineralogy.OneofthemostpopularSource