The Question of Hu
Author: Spence, Jonathan D.
ISBN: 9780679725800
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 23 Oct 1989
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary episode in the early intercourse between Europe and China. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic, who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France--a journey that ended with Hu's confinement in a lunatic asylum. At once a triumph of historical detective work and a gripping narrative, i>The Question of Hu /i>deftly probes the collision of tw ocultures, with their different definitions of faith, madness, and moral obligation.
ISBN: 9780679725800
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 23 Oct 1989
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback / softback
This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary episode in the early intercourse between Europe and China. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic, who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France--a journey that ended with Hu's confinement in a lunatic asylum. At once a triumph of historical detective work and a gripping narrative, i>The Question of Hu /i>deftly probes the collision of tw ocultures, with their different definitions of faith, madness, and moral obligation.
