"Your Excellency, the Jeronimos Church was built by His Majesty Don Manuel to commemorate Vasco da Gama's arrival in India. Look at those spiers, they are beautiful, aren't they?"
On the eighth day of September in the twelfth year of Wanli calendar, October 11th of 1584 in the Julian calendar, Xu Guangqi, accompanied by the Marquis of Denia, visited the famous places in Lisbon. Jeronimos, a church that has been built for more than 70 years
It is of course the first choice because it is the most impressive building in Lisbon after the Sintra Palace.
All exterior parts of the church are made of polished white marble. The Gothic spire, stained glass windows and solemn decoration perfectly combine luxury, refinement and adventurous spirit, making this church highlight a strong
A powerful impact.
Xu Guangqi sighed to Luo Mingjian: "His Majesty once said, 'Architecture is solidified music.' This church is really like a solemn 'symphony.'" After saying that, he also gave a thumbs up to the Marquis of Denia.
The members of the mission around him also nodded in agreement.
The Marquis of Denia could definitely see that the praise from Xu Guangqi and the Chinese envoy came from the bottom of his heart. But when faced with the praise from Count Seris, he was so excited that he felt like he was eighteen years old again. After all, the contact lasted less than two days.
, he already doesn’t know how to regain his respect.
Whether it was food and clothing, or literature, history and philosophy, the exchange process with the Seris envoy had always undermined the self-confidence of the Marquis of Denia, making him believe that the level of civilization in Europe was completely incomparable to that of Seris.
Therefore, after Xu Guangqi's first heartfelt compliment, the Marquis of Denia was like a young man in love, with his mustache rising happily and the corners of his mouth reaching behind his ears.
Then he asked: "What is 'harmonious harmony'?" It turned out that Xu Guangqi couldn't find the right word when he said the word "symphony" in Latin - symphony was only born in the seventeenth century and matured in the eighteenth century.
.Therefore, he used the Latin word "harmony".
Luo Mingjian smiled and said in Latin: "What the count said means 'sound together'. This is the elegant music of Siris, which requires a large number of musical instruments to be played together. Your Excellency, if you have heard that beautiful music in person, you will definitely know it."
Consider it the language of God."
"In addition, a prince of Seris used mathematics to prove the twelve equal laws. I also met him in Beijing. He is a great mathematician and musician."
"One more thing, His Majesty Emperor Seris requires all the court musicians to learn the staff. They are using the staff to record and reproduce the music of ancient times..."
The Marquis of Denia first interrupted: "Your Excellency, if you look at this church from the air, all the buildings will form a Latin cross. You can see it from the bell tower. It is so beautiful!"
Then he stared at Luo Mingjian with his brown eyes, as if to judge whether he had become a "sailor".
After all, judging from the situation described in a large number of letters from the members of the mission, they have been almost completely conquered by the civilization of Seris - that description is more exaggerated than "One Thousand and One Nights", and what is terrifying is that the details
It's so plump that it's impossible for Europeans not to believe it.
...
According to yesterday's agreement, Xu Guangqi was supposed to give a speech at the Sintra Palace to prove the heliocentric theory, but the Marquis of Denia thought that the time was too hasty, so the speech was scheduled for the day after tomorrow so that scholars near Lisbon could get the news.
Attend this exchange meeting.
This trip was disrupted - the Chinese mission originally planned to depart from Lisbon tomorrow and go to Madrid to meet with Felipe II and stay in Madrid for about seven days. Then the mission will travel through Spain to Valencia, where it will go to Madrid again.
Ship, passing through the Strait of Gibraltar to Rome.
But the Marquis of Denia was very determined to keep the Chinese mission for two more days so that he could show his kindness to the landlord. Xu Guangqi had no choice but to discuss with Luo Mingjian. Luo Mingjian did everything he could and sent the Holy See to receive a priest from the mission.
Arrive in Madrid first and inform the mission of the latest changes in itinerary.
...
On September 11, the twelfth year of Wanli, the authorized Marquis of Denia opened the door of the Sintra Palace and arranged the venue for Xu Guangqi’s speech in the King’s Hall. This Sintra Palace was originally the royal palace of Portugal and is now the Feli Palace.
The king's hall of Pei II's palace is spacious and bright, and can accommodate more than 500 people - invitations are hard to come by.
Because of the arrival of the Chinese mission, a large number of top scholars and free time nobles from all over southwestern Europe gathered in Lisbon. These people filled the houses of the nobles in Lisbon, and some scholars with no means had to live in hotels. They have really suffered these days.
Point guilt.
But everything was worth it. When they entered the King's Hall of Sintra Palace, their eyes were attracted by the lectern full of Seris style. They saw a wooden lectern set up on the north side of the King's Hall, with a simple
There was a table and a chair—all Selis furniture that had been moved from the ship.
A cup of tea and a stick of Zen incense on the table, coupled with the simple style of Ming-style furniture, render the unique ethereal artistic conception of the East to the extreme. Especially the six-leaf Suzhou embroidery screen behind the chair, with the slightly freehand plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
It is casual and elegant, and immediately catches the audience's attention.
This screen was brought by the envoys all the way to be used as gifts. Now it has been unpacked and used for Xu Guangqi's lectures - lectures were very popular in private schools in the Ming Dynasty, so this kind of pomp and circumstance is considered a routine configuration.
But the Europeans present had never seen such a style before. When they were struck by the "Oriental Minimalism" style of the 16th century, they immediately felt that the porcelain paintings full of flowers, birds, fish and insects and the luxurious and gorgeous decorations in their homes were down a notch.
When they left the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court and the envoys all thought of having academic exchanges with Europa, but they never expected that they would come up with lectures and lectures, so no one thought of bringing a portrait of a saint. There was no other way, so Wang Jiaping had to paint it.
I picked up one - luckily there was large rice paper on board, otherwise there would be nowhere to find it in Lisbon.
It was definitely too late to frame it, and there were no craftsmen on hand to do it. Ma Jinglun’s suggestion was adopted - he took out a framed painting, daubed some glue on the portrait of Saint Kong and stuck it flatly on the back of the scroll.
, plus a banner of the Holy Master, that’s it.
After the nobles and scholars arrived, they couldn't help but spread various gossips about the Seris mission to each other, and the king's hall was noisy. In order to give everyone a place to sit, the Marquis of Denia was ingenious and moved the benches in the church to
King's Hall - Even if you are dissatisfied with Lisbon, you may not be able to collect 500 high-end wooden chairs of similar styles.
In Europe at this time, people were very particular about seating arrangements, which could easily lead to a duel. As the boss of Lisbon, the Marquis of Denia had to sit in court cases for nobles, which was so tiring that his brain ached - this was a job that had not been carried out for many years by the noble clan.
, I really can’t do well in Jiaxue training.
After everyone finally sat down, the Marquis of Denia made a speech, first maintaining order, and then invited Xu Guangqi, the pig's trotter today.
When Xu Guangqi appeared on the stage, everyone saw that he was not wearing the count's clothes, and his appearance had completely changed - wearing a square scarf on his head, a jade-colored slanted collar with wide sleeves and a straight skirt, and a straight-fronted crane cloak with a soap edge. He really looked like a jade tree in the wind.
High-spirited.
Countess Anna Fleka said to Tycho next to her: "Oh, I think this dress is so beautiful. Do you know, Brahe, people in Seris don't need to decorate themselves with jewelry and embroidery - because the most precious jewelry is
Not as noble as their demeanor."
Tycho Brahe: "..."
In order to have a better lecture effect, Xu Guangqi used Latin to make the opening remarks. He first introduced the sage master on the hanging statue, indicating his status in China, and then gave a high-level summary of Confucianism with "benevolence" as its core.
Thought.
The nobles and humanities scholars who came into contact with Confucian culture for the first time were fascinated, but Xu Guangqi couldn't talk too much today - the theme was not this. After using the short story of "Two children arguing about the sun" to bring back the theme, Xu Guangqi inspired the Marquis's family
The servant closed the curtains.
As the King's Hall fell into darkness, another servant moved the square box with a metal cylinder to the side of the podium, and then hung a white curtain above the screen.
The nobles and scholars in the darkness didn't know why, and they didn't make loud noises out of politeness, but they could not help but whisper to each other, which caused a buzz in the King's Hall.
Xu Guangqi said: "In order to better demonstrate the heliocentric theory, I have brought the machine I used when giving lectures at the university. Please wait a moment."
As his voice fell, Xu Guangqi's assistant twisted the gear and turned on the light source of the whale oil lamp in the square box. Under the convergence of the arc reflector, a snow-white light beam immediately shot out from the cylinder equipped with the convex lens group, hitting the white curtain
superior.
The assistant slightly adjusted the advancement and retreat of the cylinder, and the model diagram of the solar system with the five major planets directly caught the attention of all Europas!
Seventy years earlier than in the history of the original time and space, the appearance of the slide projector, whether in the Capital University of the Ming Dynasty or in the King's Hall of the Sintra Palace, was a huge impact on human understanding!
In fact, the principle of the slide projector is extremely simple, and it is not difficult to manufacture at this time. When the German Jewish scholar Kircher invented this thing in 1654, he did not use anything sophisticated at all - the light source inside
Or a candle?
Zhu Yijun loved to use PPT when reporting on work before traveling through time, and also played with a slide projector when he was in middle school. He explained his needs and ideas, and the Ming craftsmen who had made breakthroughs in glass and lens manufacturing invented this thing with ease.
But to everyone in the International King's Hall, Xu Guangqi was simply performing magic - one by one, everyone present screamed in surprise. The Marquis of Denia did not expect that Xu Guangqi asked him to arrange for someone to block the curtains.
After hearing this, I also shouted God!
Luo Mingjian, who was sitting in the middle of the front row, whispered to Peres, the king's special envoy next to him: "This is not magic. In fact, the principle is very simple. When the count finishes speaking, I will demonstrate it to you."
Perez smiled bitterly and said: "I don't think he has anything to prove. If a person who can perform miracles says anything, will anyone still not believe it?"