The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci write by Jonathan D. Spence. This book was released on 1985-09-03. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci's extraordinary life, Jonathan Spence relates his subject's experiences with several images that Ricci himself created—four images derived from the events in the Bible and others from a book on the art of memory that Ricci wrote in Chinese and circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci write by Jonathan D. Spence. This book was released on 2008. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1577 a Jesuit priest named Matteo Ricci set out from Italy on a long journey to bring the Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. He spent time in India and Macao before entering China in 1583 to undertake mission work. Travelling widely, Ricci learned local languages, mastered Chinese classical script, drew the first-ever map of the world in Chinese and acquired a rich appreciation of the indigenous culture of his hosts. In 1596 Ricci wrote a short book in Chinese on the art of memory for the governor of Jiangxi province, who was preparing his three sons for China's demanding civil service examinations. In it he described a 'memory palace' in which to hold knowledge such as might help the three brothers and their peers in the Ming social elite to pass their exams with flying colours. Ricci must have hoped that, in gratitude to him for instructing them in mnemonic skills, they would use their newly won prestige to further the cause of the Catholic Church in China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci's life, author Jonathan Spence relates the missionary's experiences via a series of images. Four of these images derive from events described in the Bible, the others from Ricci's book on the art of memory that was circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a remarkable life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci write by Jonathan D. Spence. This book was released on 1985-01-01. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci write by Jonathan D. Spence. This book was released on 1985-09-03. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China In 1577, the Jesuit Priest Matteo Ricci set out from Italy to bring Christian faith and Western thought to Ming dynasty China. To capture the complex emotional and religious drama of Ricci's extraordinary life, Jonathan Spence relates his subject's experiences with several images that Ricci himself created—four images derived from the events in the Bible and others from a book on the art of memory that Ricci wrote in Chinese and circulated among members of the Ming dynasty elite. A rich and compelling narrative about a fascinating life, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci is also a significant work of global history, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China.
Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Matteo Ricci write by Michela Fontana. This book was released on 2011-05-16. Matteo Ricci available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
