"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. Jerónimos, a church that has been built for more than seventy years, is naturally the first choice because it is the most outstanding 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 mission came from the bottom of their hearts. Facing Count Siris' praise, he was so excited that he felt like he was eighteen years old again. After all, from less than two days of contact, he already didn't know how to regain his respect.
Whether it was food and clothing, or literature, history and philosophy, the communication process with the Siris envoy had always undermined the Marquis of Denia's self-confidence, making him believe that the level of civilization in Europe was completely incomparable to Siris.
Therefore, after Xu Guangqi's first heartfelt praise, the Marquis of Denia was like a young man in love, his mustache was about to curl up with joy, and the corners of his mouth were grinning 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 'ring together'. This is the elegant music of Siris, which requires a large number of 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 law of twelve equals. 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 "saibi".
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.
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According to yesterday's agreement, Xu Guangqi was supposed to give a speech proving heliocentrism at the Sintra Palace, but the Marquis of Denia thought 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.
This trip was disrupted - the Chinese mission originally planned to leave Lisbon tomorrow and go to Madrid to meet with Felipe II and stay in Madrid for about seven days. The mission would then cross Spain to Valencia, where they would again embark on a voyage through the Strait of Gibraltar to Rome.
But the Marquis of Denia was very determined to keep the Chinese delegation for two more days in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlords. Xu Guangqi had no choice but to discuss with Luo Mingjian. Luo Mingjian did everything he could, so he sent a priest from the Holy See to receive the mission to Madrid first to inform the mission of the latest changes in their itinerary.
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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 a royal palace in Portugal, and is now the residence of Felipe II. Its King's Hall 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 noble houses 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 caught by the lectern full of Siris style. I saw a wooden podium set up on the north side of the King's Hall, with a simple table and a chair on it - all Seris furniture 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 its slightly freehand plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, caught the audience's attention immediately.
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. The style of lectures was very popular in private schools in the Ming Dynasty, so this kind of pomp is considered a regular 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 leaving the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court and the envoys all thought of having academic exchanges with Europa, but they never expected that lectures would be offered, so no one thought of bringing a portrait of a saint. Wang Jiaping had no choice but to draw a picture - luckily there was large rice paper on the ship, otherwise there would be nowhere to find it in Lisbon.
It was definitely too late to frame it, and we didn’t have the craftsmen to do it. Ma Jinglun's suggestion was adopted - he took out a framed painting, daubed some paste on the portrait of Saint Kong and stuck it flatly on the back of the scroll, and added a banner of the most holy master, and it was complete. live.
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 the King's Hall - even if Lisbon was dissatisfied, he might 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 through lawsuits for various nobles, which was so tiring that his brain ached - he really couldn't do this job without years of training in noble lineage and family emblems.
After finally waiting for everyone to sit down, the Marquis of Denia delivered a speech, maintaining order first, 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 beside 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 in their demeanor.”
Tycho Brahe: "..."
In order to achieve a better teaching effect, Xu Guangqi used Latin to make his 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.
The aristocrats and humanities scholars who came into contact with Confucian culture for the first time were fascinated, but Xu Guangqi can't talk too much today - the topic is not this. After using the short story of "Two children arguing about the sun" to bring the theme back, Xu Guangqi instructed the servants of the Marquis' family to close 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 he finished speaking, 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-shaped reflectors, a snow-white light beam immediately shot out from the cylinder equipped with a convex lens group and hit the white curtain.
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 there is no difficulty in manufacturing it 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 was still a candle.
Zhu Yijun loved to use ppt when reporting on work before time travel, and also played with a slide projector when he was in middle school. He explained his needs and ideas, and it was easy for Ming craftsmen, who had made breakthroughs in glass and lens manufacturing, to invent this thing.
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 people to block the curtains, but he actually acted like this, and shouted "God!"
Luo Mingjian, who was sitting in the middle of the front row, whispered to Peres, the king's envoy next to him: "This is not magic. In fact, the principle is very simple. I will demonstrate it to you after the count has finished speaking."
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?"
