Following the Steps of Matteo Ricci to China

Chinese Title: 跟随利玛窦到中国
Title: Following the Steps of Matteo Ricci to China
ISBN: 9787508509822
Edition: English
Publishing Date: 2006-10
Author: Written by Zhang Xiping
Publishing House: China Intercontinental Press
Format: 16mo
Cover: P
Page: 173pp


Introduction:
To visit Beijing，to enter the royal palace and to access the emperor of China were always the dreams of the Jesuits coming to China。For that reason Michel Ruggieri went back to Europe and tried to get an assignment as an envoy to Beijing from the Pontifex；Matteo Ricci held the secret of how to operate the chime clock in order to get the opportunity to meet Emperor Wanli(reigned 1573-1619)and to show it in front of him。This dream had been realized by Johann Adam Schall von Bell。

Content:
A New Page of the Cultural Communication between China and Europe
Fantasy in the Ancient Times
Great Age of Geographic Discovery
Matteo Ricci，the Western Confucian Coming to China
Western Vogue in the Periods of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong