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 152
... jinshi , in 1604 , and received a post in the elite Hanlin Academy in Peking . He and Ricci worked every morning for a year , going through Clavius's interpreta- tive edition of Euclid line by line , until they had finished a polished ...
... jinshi , in 1604 , and received a post in the elite Hanlin Academy in Peking . He and Ricci worked every morning for a year , going through Clavius's interpreta- tive edition of Euclid line by line , until they had finished a polished ...
Page 153
... jinshi exams in 1604 he was named to the Hanlin Academy , the most coveted of all intellectual posts in the entire country . " 64 65 But a thorough indoctrination in traditional norms of Confucian doctrine did not disqualify any of ...
... jinshi exams in 1604 he was named to the Hanlin Academy , the most coveted of all intellectual posts in the entire country . " 64 65 But a thorough indoctrination in traditional norms of Confucian doctrine did not disqualify any of ...
Page 160
... jinshi exams , many bringing introductions to Ricci or letters and greet- ings from friends that he could not ignore . Not surprisingly it was in a jinshi year , 1610 , that Ricci's life ended ; he came back one early day in May from a ...
... jinshi exams , many bringing introductions to Ricci or letters and greet- ings from friends that he could not ignore . Not surprisingly it was in a jinshi year , 1610 , that Ricci's life ended ; he came back one early day in May from a ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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