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 93
... . This yields two separate ideographs , the upper one mean- ing " west " and the lower one " a woman . " Ricci does not simply create the memory image of a woman from the West , however , since that 要 93 THE SECOND IMAGE: THE HUIHUI.
... . This yields two separate ideographs , the upper one mean- ing " west " and the lower one " a woman . " Ricci does not simply create the memory image of a woman from the West , however , since that 要 93 THE SECOND IMAGE: THE HUIHUI.
Page 95
... huihui is also supplied to the scat- tered communities of Jews in China and to the descendants of the Nestorian Christians who can still be found there . The Jews of Ming China were distinguished by the term " buibui who reject the ...
... huihui is also supplied to the scat- tered communities of Jews in China and to the descendants of the Nestorian Christians who can still be found there . The Jews of Ming China were distinguished by the term " buibui who reject the ...
Page 97
... though here the pope's private preacher , Father To- ledo , the Jesuit Father Benedict , the Franciscan Panicharella , the Capu- chin Lupus , all spoke with especial eloquence and had 97 THE SECOND IMAGE : THE HUIHUI FIVE.
... though here the pope's private preacher , Father To- ledo , the Jesuit Father Benedict , the Franciscan Panicharella , the Capu- chin Lupus , all spoke with especial eloquence and had 97 THE SECOND IMAGE : THE HUIHUI FIVE.
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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