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Matteo Ricci - A Jesuit in the Ming Court (Hardcover)
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Matteo Ricci - A Jesuit in the Ming Court (Hardcover)
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Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the first of the early Jesuit
missionaries of the China mission, is widely considered the most
outstanding cultural mediator of all time between China and the
West. This engrossing and fluid book offers a thorough,
knowledgeable biography of this fascinating and influential man,
telling a deeply human and captivating story that still resonates
today. Michela Fontana traces Ricci's travels in China in detail,
providing a rich portrait of Ming China and the growing importance
of cultural exchanges between China and the West. She shows how
Ricci incorporated his ideas of "cultural accommodation" into both
his life and his writings aimed at the Chinese elite. Her biography
is the first to highlight Ricci's immensely important scientific
work and that of key Christian converts, such as Xu Guangqi, who
translated Euclid's Elements together with Ricci. Exploring the
history of science in China and the West as well as their
dramatically different cultural attitudes toward religious and
philosophical issues, Michela Fontana introduces not only Ricci's
life but the first significant encounter between Western and
Chinese civilizations.
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