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  1. Matteo Ricci's Scientific Contribution to China by Henri; translated by Edward Chalmers Werne Bernard, 1935-01-01
  2. Matteo Ricci, le sage venu de l'occident by Vincent Cronin, 2010-05-10
  3. The intricacies of accommodation: the proselytizing strategy of Matteo Ricci.(Essay): An article from: Journal of World History by Yu Liu, 2008-12-01
  4. Translators to Chinese: Matteo Ricci, Dharmakema, Mou Zongsan, Zhi Qian, Xu Zhimo, John Glasgow Kerr, Lucifer Chu, Xiao Shuxian, Bian Zhilin
  5. Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci -- 1994 publication by Spence, 1994
  6. The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci 1985 publication. by Jonatan DSpnc, 1985
  7. Translators From Latin: Robert Arnauld d'Andilly, Demetrius Chalcondyles, Matteo Ricci, Alexander de Rhodes, Sergio Badilla Castillo
  8. Matteo Ricci: An entry from Gale's <i>Science and Its Times</i>
  9. Jésuite Italien: Carlo Maria Martini, Antonio Zucchelli, Ippolito Desideri, Robert Bellarmin, Matteo Ricci, Giuseppe Pecci, Claudio Acquaviva (French Edition)
  10. Geograph (16. Jahrhundert): John Dee, Johannes Corputius, Ladislaus Sunthaym, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Leo Africanus, Matteo Ricci (German Edition)
  11. Italian Cartographers: Amerigo Vespucci, Matteo Ricci, Piero Falchetta, Sebastian Cabot, Marcantonio Barbaro, Ardito Desio, Vincenzo Coronelli
  12. Jesuit China Missions: Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Giulio Alenio, Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, Alessandro Valignano, Ferdinand Verbiest, Matteo Ricci
  13. THE Wise Man from the West Matteo Ricci and his missin to china by Vincetn Cronin, 1984
  14. Matteo Ricci, S.J., y la cultura China.(IGLESIA): An article from: Mensaje by Nicolas Standaer, 2010-05-01

41. Ricci Roundtable On The History Of Christianity In China
ricci, matteo ? ? ? (October 6, 1552May 11, 1610). matteo ricci was the most illustrious of the early Jesuit missionaries to China.
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42. Ricci Roundtable On The History Of Christianity In China
Author, ricci, matteo ?, 15521610 Zhu Weizheng ? Deng Zhifeng ?. Imprint, Shanghai Shi ? Fudan daxue chubanshe ?,
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43. Matteo Ricci, S.J.
matteo ricci was born in Macerata, Italy and died in Peking, China. matteo ricci brought trigonometry to China, and ricci s successors, Verbiest and
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Matteo Ricci, S.J.
(1552 to 1610)
and his contributions to science in China
Matteo Ricci, S.J.
Matteo Ricci
Ricci's success was due to his personal qualities, his complete adaptation to Chinese customs (choosing the attire of a Chinese scholar) and to his authoritative knowledge of the sciences. He is remembered for his Chinese works on religious and moral topics, as well as works on scientific topics such as the astrolabe, sphere, arithmetic, measure and isoperimetrics. It is still possible to visit his tomb in the Peking suburbs. The Encyclopedia Britannica reports, "Probably no European name of past centuries is so well known in China as that of Li-ma-teu (Ricci Matteo)."
Ricci's contributions to geography included his calculation of the breadth of China, which was three-quarters of the breadth assumed by Western geographers. At the time Ricci's maps of China were considered more accurate even than the contemporary maps of Europe. Also he identified China and Peking with the Cathay Marco Polo, and he shares this latter recognition with another Jesuit, a Coadjutor Brother, Benedetto de Goes, S.J., who made a journey from India to China during the years 1602-1605, in order to verify that China and Cathay were the same.
Matteo Ricci brought trigonometry to China, and Ricci's successors

44. ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
Searched on keyword ricci, matteo No results found. ChristianityToday.com Home CT Mag Church/Ministry Bible/Life Communities Chat
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45. Chinese Cultural Studies: Matteo Ricci: On Chinese Government, Selection From Hi
Kishlansky Introduction matteo ricci (15521610 CE) was born into a noble Italian family. At the age of 16 he was sent to Rome to study law but became
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On Chinese Government, Selection from his Journals
(1583-1610 CE) from The Diary of Matthew Ricci , in Matthew Ricci, China in the Sixteenth Century , trans Louis Gallagher, (New York: Random House, 1942, 1970), as excerpted in Mark A. Kishlansky, Sources of World History , Vol. 1 (New York: HarperCollins, 1995), p. 269-273 Ricci's most important published work was his History of the Introduction of Christianity into Chin a. But the journals that he kept and edited for publication allow one of the few glimpses of an outsider's view of Chinese society and government during a period when China was closed to foreign visitors. In this selection Ricci describes Chinese government. There are no ancient laws in China under which the republic is governed in perpetuum, such as our laws of the twelve tables and the Code of Caesar. Whoever succeeds in getting possession of the throne, regardless of his ancestry, makes new laws according to his own way of thinking. His successors on the throne are obliged to enforce the laws which he promulgated as founder of the dynasty, and these laws cannot be changed without good reason.... The extent of their kingdom is so vast. its borders so distant, and their utter lack of knowledge of a transmaritime world is so complete that the Chinese imagine the whole world as included in their kingdom. Even now, as from time beyond recording, they call their Emperor, Thiencu, the Son of Heaven, and because they worship Heaven as the Supreme Being, the Son of Heaven and the Son of God are one and the same. In ordinary speech, he is referred to as Hoamsi, meaning supreme ruler or monarch, while other and subordinate rulers are called by the much inferior title of Guam.

46. Personal Names - Southeast Asia In The Ming Shi-lu
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. ricci, matteo. See Li Madou in this Index. No entries were found for ricci, matteo () .
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A B C D ... Z Ricci, Matteo See "Li Ma-dou" in this Index.

47. RICCI, Matteo
Translate this page ricci, matteo, Jesuit, Gründer der modernen Chinamission, * 6.10. 1552 in Macerata (Mark Ancona) als Sohn vornehmer Eltern, + 11.5. 1610 in Peking.
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Band VIII (1994) Spalten 181-185 Autor: Walter Demel Werke: Lit.: (London 1931 ); - Henri Bernard [-Maître], Aux portes de la Chine. Les missionnaires du XVI e e et XVIII e siècles, Louvain-Paris 1962; - George H. Dunne, Generation of Giants. The Story of the Jesuits in China in the last Decades of the Ming Dynasty, Notre Dame/Ind. 1962; - Otello Gentili, L'apostolo della Cina - P. M.R. S.J. (1552-1610), Macerata 1963 ; - Fernando Bortone, P. M.R. S. I.: il »Saggio d'occidente«, Roma 1965 ; - Ders., I Gesuiti alla corte di Pechino, Roma 1969; - René Étiemble, Les Jésuites en Chine (1552-1773). La Querelle des rites, Paris 1966; - Arnold H. Rowbotham, Missionary and Mandarin: The Jesuits at the Court of Peking, New York 1966 ; - George L. Harris, The Mission of M.R., S.J.: A Case Study of an Effort at Guided Cultural Change in The [sic] Sixteenth Century, in: Monumenta Serica 25 (1966) 1-168; - Paul Demiéville, The First Philosophic Contacts between Europe and China, in: Diogenes 58 (1967) 75-103; - Yves E. Raguin, Father R.s Presentation of Some Fundamental Theories of Buddhism, in: Chinese Culture 10 (1969) 37-43; - Paul A. Rule, Jesuit and Confucian? Chinese Religion in the Journals of M.R. S. J. 1583-1610, in: The Journal of Religious History 5 (1969) 105-124; - Ders., K'ung-tzu or Confucius. The Jesuit interpretation of Confucianism, Sydney-London-Boston 1986; - Nigel Cameron, Barbarians and Mandarins: Thirteen Centuries of Western Travelers in China, New York-Tokyo 1970; - Jacques Gernet, A propos des contacts entre la Chine et l'Europe aux XVII

48. Seattle University - Matteo Ricci College
Overview of academic programs and resources. Includes information about academic programs, colleges and schools, academic calendar, bulletins of information
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49. Matteo Ricci College Enrollment Breakdown, 1991-1999
matteo ricci College Enrollment Breakdown View Breakdown by Ethnicity. View Breakdown by Class Level. matteo ricci
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Year Total Female Male Avg Age FT PT View Breakdown by Ethnicity View Breakdown by Class Level Matteo Ricci
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Abbreviations: Avg Age: Average age of enrolled students
FT: Full-time
PT: Part-time

Year Total A/P Blk Hisp Mult NA Wht NRA Unk View Breakdown by Class Level Matteo Ricci
College
Abbreviations: A/P: Asian or Pacific Islander
Blk: Black/African-American, not Hispanic
Hisp: Hispanic
Mult: Multicultural (note: this designation was not available to students before 1998)
NA: Native American Wht: White, not Hispanic NRA: Non-Resident Alien Unk: Ethnicity unknown
Year Total Fr So Jr Sr View Breakdown by Ethnicity Matteo Ricci College Abbreviations: Fr: Freshman So: Sophomore Jr: Junior Sr: Senior PB: Post-Baccalaureate NM: Non-Matriculated Oth: Other (note: includes PB and NM students before 1998) Last Updated on 2/2002 By Bonita Kroon

50. Modern History Sourcebook: Hsu Kuang-chi: Memorial To Fra Matteo Ricci, 1617
Modern History Sourcebook Hsu Kuangchi Memorial to Fra matteo ricci, 1617. Su Kwangki, guardian and tutor of the sons of the Imperial house,
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Hsu Kuang-chi:
Memorial to Fra Matteo Ricci, 1617
Su Kwangki, guardian and tutor of the sons of the Imperial house, and Chancellor of the National Institute, respectfully presents this memorial: All their inhabitants have been thus intensely watchful only lest they should, by falling into error, become guilty of sinning against the Lord of Heaven. Accordingly it is most clear and most manifest that their laws assuredly can cause men to do well. Such is the religion and such are the manners and customs set forth by your majesty's courtiers; and having repeatedly, and in the most thorough manner, examined their discourses and investigated their books, your majesty's servant knows that they are all perfectly free from error. Your majesty's servant has heard of Yu Yu, the ancient minister of Sijung, who gave support to the Tsin dynasty in its rise to greatness; and of Kinjihshin, the heir of Siyih, who became an illustrious statesman of the Han dynasty. If these men could be of essential service to the state, it was of no moment whether they came from far or not. Now with regard to all the writers of these two sects, the Buddhist and Rationalists, so imperfect are their doctrines and so incomplete their laws of instruction, that, during this long period of two hundred and fifty years (since the rise of our dynasty), they have not been able to realize the designs of our august sovereign in giving them his special countenance. Were the High Ruler worshiped as reverently as Buddha and Lao Zi, and were your majesty's courtiers received as indulgently as the priests of those two sects, their royal instruction would rise and flourish, and the principles of rectitude be carried to such a degree of perfection, as to transcend all that was witnessed in the times of Lao and Shun and their immediate successors.

51. Matteo Ricci Faculty Advisory Board
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52. Comune Di Pesaro - Il Consiglio Comunale
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53. Bibliography
ricci, matteo, 15521610, Li Ma-tou chuan chi = Complete works of Fr. matteo ricci, matteo, 1552-1610. Lettere dalla Cina, 1580-1610 / matteo ricci
http://www.library.cornell.edu/math/bibliography/display.cgi?start=R&

54. Fondazione Matteo Ricci: Agopuntura, Scuola Agopuntura, Corsi Agopuntura, Fondaz

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Convenzione con il Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche dell' Università di Bologna per lo studio e il trattamento delle cefalee
Convenzione con il Dipartimento di Bioetica dell' Università di Bari per la promozione della prevenzione e tutela della salute e della pratica delle Medicine Naturali.
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PATROCINI ORDINE DEI MEDICI DI BOLOGNA, BARI, MACERATA, NAPOLI, CHIETI, PESARO-URBINO, VICENZA

55. Matteo Ricci: Building The Palace
Welcome to the excerpt from Spence s The Memory Palace of matteo ricci on the toLearn.net server.
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from The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
Jonathan D. Spence
Viking, 1984 In 1596 Matteo Ricci taught the Chinese how to build a memory palace. He told them that the size of the palace would depend on how much they wanted to remember: the most ambitious construction would consist of several hundred buildings of all shapes and sizes; "the more there are the better it will be," said Ricci, though he added that one did not have to build on a grandiose scale right away. One could create modest palaces, or one could build less dramatic structures such as a temple compound, a cluster of government offices, a public hostel, or a merchants' meeting lodge. If one wished to begin on a still smaller scale, then one could erect a simple reception hall, a pavilion, or a studio. And if one wanted an intimate space one could use just the corner of a pavilion, or an altar in a temple, or even such a homely object as a wardrobe or a divan. In summarizing this memory system, he explained that these palaces, pavilions, divans were mental structures to be kept in one's head, not solid objects to be literally constructed out of "real" materials. Ricci suggested that there were three main options for such memory locations.

56. Matteo Ricci Maps On Ricci Green: Patron
World maps by matteo ricci. matteo ricci also used maps to explain Earth s position in the solar system. This map, from the 1993 the Library of Congress
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Matteo Ricci's travels As geographers crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts, and unapproachable bogs.
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Matteo Ricci's maps
The catalogue of Museo della Specola at the University of Bologna's Department of Astronomy has 16th Century maps, globes, and mathematical and astronomical instruments of the kind Matteo Ricci introduced to China. It also has two of his maps. The site uses frames, so this URL:
http://www.bo.astro.it/dip/Museum/english/index_15.html
should get you to the correct frameset. Choose #65 Geographical map by Ricci. That page should show you this thumbnail of part of a world map he drew on rice paper in 1602. Clicking on it will display a larger (157K) image, well worth the wait. Carta Geografica Completa di tutti i Regni del Mondo
Complete Geographical Map of all the Regions of the World
by Matteo Ricci These are two of the six panels, showing the west coast of Africa on the left and the east coast of South America on the right.

57. No. 1226: Ricci's Memory Palace
In which matteo ricci tries to convert the Chinese by building a memory palace. Spence, JD, The Memory Palace of matteo ricci . New York Viking, 1984.
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No. 1226:
RICCI'S MEMORY PALACE
by John H. Lienhard
Click here for audio of Episode 1226. Today, a memory palace in an odd place and the wrong time. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. H istorian Jonathan Spence picks a strange perspective from which to tell the story of Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci. Ricci went to China in 1582 and spent the remaining 32 years of his life there. The Jesuits were only a generation old when Ricci joined them. They'd been formed in answer to the Protestant Reformation, and they offered an energetic and intellectual response to everything that'd gone bad in the late medieval church. Ricci brought blazing intelligence to the task of learning who the Chinese were and how to bring Christianity to them. He learned their language, technology, and culture.

58. Adamo Entertainment
Starring Fulvio Alentini, Marzio Angelini, Sergio Artese, matteo Bernardi, Tony Rangel, Alex Drago, Sergio Artese, Emanuele ricci, matteo Bernardi,
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59. Ricci Ancestors
matteo ricci A Jesuit mathematician who learned fluent Chinese and established the first successful mission in China after others had failed and been
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ST. CATHERINE DE RICCI
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FABIO RICCI (1930 - 2002) Chemical Engineer, worked around the world for various global organizations, opening new chemical plants in Colombia, China, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and India. His talent is in communicating changed project schedules and outcomes for plants in trouble.
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FRANCO MARIA RICCI - Publisher in Italy. Best known for museum quality publication of precious art objects and rare text. Sought after as a power-publisher, with well-known authors citing FMR as their publisher.
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GREGORIO RICCI-CURBASTRO
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LORENZO RICCI - (1703-1775) Leader of the Jesuits from 1758 until his death while incarcerated in 1775. The Vatican was intimidated by the aggressive nature of the order’s missionary ventures and promulgation of "heretic" scientific endeavors. Once his protector, Pope Clement XIII died, Lorenzo along with his staff were imprisoned in an attempt to crush the order. Lorenzo died two years later in Castel Sant’ Angelo in Rome.
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LUIGI RICCI was a translator with his most notable translation being The Prince [Back] MASSIMO RICCI (1946 - ) was born in 1946 and is an Architect and instructor at the University of Florence. The cupola of Santa Maria Del Fiore of Florence is the largest existing brick structure in the world. The size of the dome required a new construction method, which Brunelleschi proposed, but insisted on keeping secret. Since the completion of the dome in 1436, no one has been able to figure out how the dome was constructed, including Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo and others. In 1977 Ricci began puzzling over the problem and proposed a solution in 1982 which was mathematically proven correct in 1983, and a scale model was built in 1985.

60. Matteo Ricci's China Journals (Rexroth)
matteo ricci’s China Journals. It is not often that a classic, previously unknown matteo ricci was of course a much greater man and occupied a much more
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It is not often that a classic, previously unknown to the world at large, appears on the book market. The only other example I can think of nowadays is the publication of the Boswell manuscripts. Matteo Ricci was of course a much greater man and occupied a much more important place in history, and was at least as interesting a writer. I am inclined to agree with the publishers that this is one of the most important books they have ever issued. It would seem that relations between the West and China have deteriorated from the beginning. The best sinologists were the early Jesuits, and their Latin translations of the Chinese classics are still at least the equal of anything produced in the succeeding 300 years. They completely merged themselves with the Chinese; in fact they became Chinese literati, with considerable personal influence on the Emperor. They introduced Western science and philosophy to the Orient and Chinese culture to the Occident with such success that the eighteenth century was the century of chinoiserie. Even the Chinese Communists still respect Ricci as the greatest and least predatory of the culture-bearers from the West. When the Pope ordered the Jesuits to abandon their efforts to adapt Christianity to Chinese culture and to present Roman Catholicism in strictly Western European terms, the Chinese Emperor was aghast at the folly of his Western cousin. As Toynbee says, at this point Christianity had a chance to become a true world religion and rejected it. Never again in history has that opportunity presented itself on such favorable terms. Had Ricci and his colleagues been permitted to continue on their way, there is certainly no question but that the history of the world would have been far different.

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