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Matteo Ricci and the Catholic Mission to China, 1583–1610 A Short History with Documents

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Matteo Ricci and the Catholic Mission to China, 1583–1610 A Short History with Documents

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Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia

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9781624664342, 9781624664328

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Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

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“Here at last is the text that many college teachers of Chinese, Asian, and world history have been waiting for: an accessible collection of primary sources on the life of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci and the Catholic mission that he helped establish in China. Ricci’s missionary career indeed constituted a key moment in modern history, for it was through his examples and recommendations that the Jesuits in China collectively adopted an accommodative approach to Chinese culture and embarked on various projects of cultural translation that resulted in the first wave of sustained interactions between Chinese and European civilizations. Instructors and students alike will benefit greatly from Hsia’s lucid introduction, which sets Ricci’s life story against the broader background of Portuguese Asia, Catholic renewal, and late Ming China; the pithy, informative introductory statements preceding each document; a chronological chart of major relevant events; and an excellent annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources in multiple languages. This is a very affordable text produced at the highest academic standards.” —Qiong Zhang, Associate Professor of History, Wake Forest University

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Matteo Ricci and the Catholic Mission to China, 1583–1610 A Short History with Documents

SKU: 9781624665066

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Matteo Ricci and the Catholic Mission to China, 1583–1610 A Short History with Documents

Author(s)

Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia

Edition
ISBN

9781624665066, 9781624664328

Publisher

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

“Here at last is the text that many college teachers of Chinese, Asian, and world history have been waiting for: an accessible collection of primary sources on the life of the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci and the Catholic mission that he helped establish in China. Ricci’s missionary career indeed constituted a key moment in modern history, for it was through his examples and recommendations that the Jesuits in China collectively adopted an accommodative approach to Chinese culture and embarked on various projects of cultural translation that resulted in the first wave of sustained interactions between Chinese and European civilizations. Instructors and students alike will benefit greatly from Hsia’s lucid introduction, which sets Ricci’s life story against the broader background of Portuguese Asia, Catholic renewal, and late Ming China; the pithy, informative introductory statements preceding each document; a chronological chart of major relevant events; and an excellent annotated bibliography of primary and secondary sources in multiple languages. This is a very affordable text produced at the highest academic standards.” —Qiong Zhang, Associate Professor of History, Wake Forest University