Daisy Alcaraz
Chapter 16--
Patricia Andrews
February 12
Pt 2
Chapter 16 included the protestant reform. Which in fact was a religious movement that occurred during the 16th century. It originated after an attempt to reform the the Catholic church and resulted in the birth of the protestant churches. Theis branch off the forced the catholic church to then reform its own training and forms of discipline within its clerical department, and this also was a time in which the catholic church restated its theologies. During the 16-17 century there was also a grand number of missionaries who were inspired by the Matteo Ricci and as a result made an effort to understand and at times even be a part of the chinese culture in efforts to try and convert the elite people. While not having much success in converting members they did however manage to edicquetly record the court life and the Qing Government. China not only had a wave of people trying to convert them but they also had a man by the name of Wang Yangming. Who was a very successful philosopher during the 14 to 15 hundreds. During his time he argued that one did not need the extensive education of confucianism in order to live a virtuous life. Also during this time the development of Kaozheng occured. It was an intellectual movement that emphasized the important of evidence and analysis, eppessiall when discussing historical documents.