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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... passage from the Gospel according to Matthew , chapter 14 , the passage that describes what occurs after Christ has fed the multitude from five loaves and two fish and has then retired alone into the mountains to pray , sending his ...
... passage from the Gospel according to Matthew , chapter 14 , the passage that describes what occurs after Christ has fed the multitude from five loaves and two fish and has then retired alone into the mountains to pray , sending his ...
Page 277
... passage appears both in Ricci's Jiren shipian , p . 5b ( reprint p . 126 ) and his Tianzhu shiyi , juan shang , p . 24 ( reprint p . 423 ) . 21. New Cambridge Modern History , 3 / 199-200 ; Essen , Alexandre Farnèse , 4 / 55-62 . A ...
... passage appears both in Ricci's Jiren shipian , p . 5b ( reprint p . 126 ) and his Tianzhu shiyi , juan shang , p . 24 ( reprint p . 423 ) . 21. New Cambridge Modern History , 3 / 199-200 ; Essen , Alexandre Farnèse , 4 / 55-62 . A ...
Page 296
... passage from the Friendship in Jiao Hong , Dan yuan ji , 48 / 9b , dating from 1603 ( my thanks to Cheng Pei - kai for this reference ) . For Jiao Hong ( Chiao Hung ) see Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period , pp . 145-46 . 54. See passages ...
... passage from the Friendship in Jiao Hong , Dan yuan ji , 48 / 9b , dating from 1603 ( my thanks to Cheng Pei - kai for this reference ) . For Jiao Hong ( Chiao Hung ) see Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period , pp . 145-46 . 54. See passages ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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