The Reverend Caspar Castner (7 October 1655 – 9 November 1709) was a Jesuit missionary to the Qing Empire .
13-622: Castner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Caspar Castner (1655–1709), German Roman Catholic missionary Eugene Castner Lewis (1845–1917), American engineer and businessman Hamilton Castner (1858–1899), American industrial chemist Joseph Compton Castner (1869–1946), American general Lawrence V. Castner (1902–1949), American businessman, fencer and military officer Michael Castner , American journalist Paul Castner (1897–1986), American baseball player [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
26-556: A description of Shangchuan Island and his work there from 19 March to 2 June 1700 erecting a memorial on the grave of Francis Xavier . The book included a map of the island. One of the few copies printed in China is in the so-called "Orban'sche Sammlung" of the library of the University of Munich . A translation was published by Father Joseph Stöcklein in his "Welt-Bott" (Augsburg, 1729), No. 309. The title-page and map are reproduced in
39-575: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Caspar Castner Caspar Castner was born in Munich , Bavaria , on 7 October 1655. He entered the Society of Jesus ("Jesuits") on 17 September 1681, and studied theology at Ingolstadt . He finished his studies there on 22 March 1694. For a short time, he taught logic at the gymnasium in Ratisbon . Afterward, he devoted himself to
52-689: Is known today as the Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations ( L’ Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales , INALCO). He joined the faculty in 1881; and he was a professor from 1881 to 1925. He contributed a number of articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia . Cordier was also a professeur at l' École Libre des Sciences Politiques , which is today known as the National Foundation of Political Studies ( Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques ) and
65-874: The bishops of Nanjing and Macao , to argue against the Bishop of Fujian's reopening of the Chinese Rites controversy . In 1706, he returned to China, bringing with him a number of missionaries. He died in Beijing , China , on 9 November 1709. He was buried in the Jesuits' Zhalan Cemetery in Beijing. Noël and Castner collaborated on a number of reports on the question of Chinese rites. Castner also wrote Relatio Sepulturæ Magno Orientis Apostolo S. Francisco Xaviero erectæ in Insula Sanciano MDCC ,
78-411: The surname Castner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Castner&oldid=1068302924 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
91-539: The Paris Institute of Political Studies ( Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris ). Although he had only a slight knowledge of the language, Cordier made major contributions to Sinology . "Cordier," as the Bibliotheca Sinica "is sometimes affectionately referred to," is "the standard enumerative bibliography" of 70,000 works on China up to 1921. Even though the author did not know Chinese, he
104-711: The noted French sinologist Édouard Chavannes . Cordier was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. He arrived in France in 1852; and his family moved to Paris in 1855. He was educated at the Collège Chaptal and in England. In 1869 at age 20, he sailed for Shanghai, where he worked at an English bank. During the next two years, he published several articles in local newspapers. In 1872, he
117-493: The result showed that he was right. He did excellent work in the mapping of the Chinese Empire , and had so great a reputation as a mathematician that he was made president of the mathematical tribunal and instructor of the heir to the throne. Henri Cordier Henri Cordier (8 August 1849 – 16 March 1925) was a French linguist , historian , ethnographer , author , editor and Orientalist . He
130-638: The work of Henri Cordier , "L'imprimerie sino-européenne en chine" (Paris, 1901), 11-15. Besides his apostolic work, Castner worked in the sciences of navigation , astronomy , and cartography . He called the attention of the Portuguese Government to the fact that the voyage to Macau would be much shorter if the vessels followed a direct course from the Cape of Good Hope by the way of the Sunda Islands , avoiding Mozambique and Goa , and
143-400: The work of missions and sailed in 1696 for China at the head of a company of brother Jesuits from Portugal and Genoa . In China, where he was known as Pang Jiabin , he laboured with great success on Shangchuan Island and in the city of Foshan , then a competitor of Guangzhou . In 1702 he went with fellow missionary François Noël to Lisbon and Rome in order, as representative of
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#1732787032281156-616: Was President of the Société de Géographie ( French , "Geographical Society") in Paris. Cordier was a prominent figure in the development of East Asian and Central Asian scholarship in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th century. Though he had little actual knowledge of the Chinese language, Cordier had a particularly strong impact on the development of Chinese scholarship, and was a mentor of
169-806: Was made librarian of the North China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society . In this period, about twenty articles were published in Shanghai Evening Courier , North China Daily News , and Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In 1876, he was named secretary of a Chinese government program for Chinese students studying in Europe. In Paris, Cordier was a professor at l'École spéciale des Langues orientales , which
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