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 97
... religion of the Lord of Heaven , the supreme ruler . There are three classes of those in authority : the highest occupy them- selves with religion , then come those who judge temporal affairs , and lastly those who devote themselves to ...
... religion of the Lord of Heaven , the supreme ruler . There are three classes of those in authority : the highest occupy them- selves with religion , then come those who judge temporal affairs , and lastly those who devote themselves to ...
Page 117
... religion is concerned the more ways of talking about religion there are , all the more benefit will that bring to the kingdom . " 9976 As Ricci got a sharper picture of these three basic schools of religious and ethical thought in China ...
... religion is concerned the more ways of talking about religion there are , all the more benefit will that bring to the kingdom . " 9976 As Ricci got a sharper picture of these three basic schools of religious and ethical thought in China ...
Page 118
... religion of Islam had spread . He recorded that the scholar - official Zhu Shilu ( who had originally been the source of Ricci's introduction to the inkcake maker and publisher Cheng Dayue ) tried to persuade him to settle in Nanjing in ...
... religion of Islam had spread . He recorded that the scholar - official Zhu Shilu ( who had originally been the source of Ricci's introduction to the inkcake maker and publisher Cheng Dayue ) tried to persuade him to settle in Nanjing in ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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