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Missionaries, and in particular the Portuguese Assistancy of the Society of Jesus, played a fundamental role in the dissemination of Western scientific knowledge in East Asia. They also brought to Europe a deeper knowledge of Asian countries. This volume brings together a series of essays analyzing important new data on this significant scientific and cultural exchange, including several in-depth discussions of new sources relevant to Jesuit scientific activities at the Chinese Emperor's Court. It includes major contributions examining various case studies that range from the work of some individual missionaries (Karel Slavícek, Guillaume Bonjour) in Beijing during the reigns of Kangxi and Yongzheng to the cultural exchange between a Korean envoy and the Beijing Jesuits during the early 18th century. Focusing in particular on the relationship between science and the arts, this volume also features articles pertaining to the historical contributions made by Tomás Pereira and Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot, to the exchange of musical knowledge between China and Europe. Table of Contents Foreword Portugal and the Jesuit Missions in Asia: Portugal and the Jesuit Mission to China: Trends in Historiography Evangelization, Politics, and Technology Transfer in the 17th-Century Cochinchina: the Case of João da Cruz The Jesuits and the Knowledge of China in Europe: The Jesuits and Their Study of Chinese Astronomy and Chronology in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries The Jesuit Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot and Chinese Music in the Eighteenth Century Tomás Pereira (1646–1708): Some Data on Tomás Pereira's (Xu Risheng ) Biography and Manuscripts Pereira's Trip to Tartary in 1685 Thomas Pereira and the Knowledge of Western Music in the 17th and the 18th Centuries in China Pereira's Musical Heritage as Context for His Contributions in China New Sources on Western Science at the Chinese Emperor's Court: Verbiest's Manuscripts on Astronomy and Mechanics (1676): From Beijing to Moscow and Constantinople Manchu Manuscripts on Mathematics in the Tôyô Bunko, the State Library of Inner Mongolia and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France The New Thermometer and a Slice of Experimental Philosophy in the Early Qing Court Missionaries in Beijing During the Reigns of Kangxi and Yongzheng: Karel Slavícek and His Scientific Works in China Guillaume Bonjour (1670–1714): Chronologist, Linguist, and “Casual” Scientist K“Western Astronomy vs. Korean Geography”: Intellectual Exchanges Between a Korean and the Jesuits as Seen From Yi Kiji's 1720 Beijing Travelogue