Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East
Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East
ISBN: 9780571225187
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In this book, Mary Laven tells the extraordinary story of the first Jesuit mission to China. Confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions gained permission from the notoriously xenophobic Wanli emperor to settle in the fabled Forbidden City.
Living among eunuchs and mandarins, wearing the clothes of Confucian scholars, Ricci and his associates strove to master the language and culture of their hosts. At the same time, they energetically preached the virtues of Western art and science.
In Mission to China Mary Laven brings this remote world vividly to life.
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