Although the Chinese of those days did not care too much for the idea that Jesus should be set up as a god, they did see that the Occident was a real place that had a knack with calendars and mechanics and liked to make a fuss about doing business.
比較起來，歐洲之於當時的中國人，雖然對於耶穌即為上帝的說法不甚服氣，但泰西到底是個長於曆算器械、成天嚷嚷著要多做買賣的踏實入境。