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Matteo Ricci
A Jesuit in the Ming Court
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2011
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Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), the first of the early Jesuit missionaries of the China mission, is widely considered the most outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough, knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man, telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates today.
Michela Fontana traces Ricci's travels in China in detail, providing a rich portrait of Ming China and the growing importance of cultural exchanges between China and the West. She shows how Ricci incorporated his ideas of "cultural accommodation" into both his life and his writings aimed at the Chinese elite. Her biography is the first to highlight Ricci's immensely important scientific work and that of key Christian converts, such as Xu Guangqi, who translated Euclid's Elements together with Ricci. Exploring the history of science in China and the West as well as their dramatically different cultural attitudes toward religious and philosophical issues, Michela Fontana introduces not only Ricci's life but the first significant encounter between Western and Chinese civilizations.
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Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0586-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0588-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
320
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Contents No access
Prologue: The Mandarin’s Clothes No access
CHAPTER ONE: The Jesuit and Mathematics No access Pages 1 - 16
CHAPTER TWO: In the East No access Pages 17 - 32
CHAPTER THREE: The Difficulty of Learning Chinese No access Pages 33 - 46
CHAPTER FOUR: The Man from the West No access Pages 47 - 66
CHAPTER FIVE: The Pride of Li Madou No access Pages 67 - 80
CHAPTER SIX: The Meeting of Confucius and Euclid No access Pages 81 - 98
CHAPTER SEVEN: Metamorphosis into Mandarin No access Pages 99 - 119
CHAPTER EIGHT: The Strength of Friendship No access Pages 120 - 139
CHAPTER NINE: To Beijing! No access Pages 140 - 168
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Prisoner of the Eunuch No access Pages 169 - 184
CHAPTER TWELVE: In the Heart of the Empire No access Pages 185 - 199
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Empty Throne No access Pages 200 - 216
CHAPTER FOUR T E E N: The Lord of Heaven No access Pages 217 - 229
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Doctor Paul No access Pages 230 - 242
CHAPTER SIX T E E N: Euclid Becomes Chinese No access Pages 243 - 259
CHAPTER SEVEN T E E N: The Open Door No access Pages 260 - 276
CHAPTER EIGHT E E N: After Matteo Ricci No access Pages 277 - 298
