The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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Page xii
... Shaozhou . Begins draft translation of Chinese classical Four Books . Shaozhou residence attacked . Ricci injures foot . Jesuits change to Chinese literati dress . Leaves Shaozhou for Nanjing . Shipwreck and drowning of Barradas ...
... Shaozhou . Begins draft translation of Chinese classical Four Books . Shaozhou residence attacked . Ricci injures foot . Jesuits change to Chinese literati dress . Leaves Shaozhou for Nanjing . Shipwreck and drowning of Barradas ...
Page 57
... Shaozhou , near the boat bridge that connected the main town to the rural area to the west where the Jesuits lived , decided to raid the Jesuit residence . They seem to have been in- cited to make this attack by the priests in a nearby ...
... Shaozhou , near the boat bridge that connected the main town to the rural area to the west where the Jesuits lived , decided to raid the Jesuit residence . They seem to have been in- cited to make this attack by the priests in a nearby ...
Page 165
... Shaozhou or Peking from Macao , and the life of the missions could be coordinated with de- velopments in the outside world . But in 1609 the young Chinese Christian courier assigned to bring the mail from Macao decided that the time had ...
... Shaozhou or Peking from Macao , and the life of the missions could be coordinated with de- velopments in the outside world . But in 1609 the young Chinese Christian courier assigned to bring the mail from Macao decided that the time had ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
Copyright | |
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