Matteo Ricci? ,1552,65438+10.6-1665438+may 1 1), an Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar. I came to live in China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. Its original name is literally translated into Chinese as Matteo Leach, Matteo Ricci is his Chinese name, which is Xitai, Qingtai and Xijiang. In China, he was respected by the literati and was honored as "Taixi Confucian scholar". He was one of the pioneers of Catholicism in China and the first western scholar to read China literature and study China classics. In addition to spreading Catholic teachings, he also made friends with China officials and celebrities and spread western scientific and technological knowledge such as astronomy, mathematics and geography. His writings not only made an important contribution to the communication between China and the West, but also had an important influence on Japan and countries on the Korean Peninsula to understand Western civilization.

all one's life

1552 Matteo Ricci was born in macerata, Ma Erkai. His family runs a Lee's drugstore, and he is a famous local family. Matteo Ricci has been studying in a middle school run by the Jesuits here, and his father has been worried about Matteo Ricci joining the Jesuits.

Matteo Ricci/Kloc-came to Rome at the age of 0/6, studied at Dorea College in Saint Vincent, and joined the Jesuits on the day of Jesus ascensiontide. 157 1 Notre Dame. 1572, he studied philosophy and theology at the Roman Academy sponsored by the Jesuits, and studied celestial arithmetic under the guidance of mathematician Christopher Klau, and his father Alessandro Valignani was also his teacher. During this period, he also studied Latin and Greek, and he also used Portuguese and Spanish.

works

On Making Friends is Matteo Ricci's first Chinese book.

Before leaving for Shanghai, Luigi Leach, a professor at Serata University, put a stack of works by Matteo Ricci (1552- 16 10) in his bag. Professor Leach, a descendant of Matteo Ricci, is attending an international symposium to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Xu Guangqi's translation and publication of The Elements of Geometry. He chose the theory of making friends as a gift for his friends in China.

On Making Friends is Matteo Ricci's first Chinese book. From 65438 to 0595, after Matteo Ricci arrived in Nanchang, he distributed the theory of friendship to local dignitaries. "This theory of making friends has won people's trust, and at the same time let people know what we have done in Europe. This work is the crystallization of literature, wisdom and virtue. (Letter from Matteo Ricci 1599)