Author: Gottschall, Brendan

Matteo Ricci : letters from China : a revised English translation with commentary. [Correspondence. Selections. English]
Date2019
Publish_locationChicago
PublisherBeijing Center Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesBeijing Center publication series
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberBV3427.R46 A313 2019
Description172 pages : facsimiles ; 26 cm.
NoteMatteo Ricci : letters from China : a revised English translation with commentary / editors : Brendan Gottschall, Francis T. Hannafey, Simon G. M. Koo, with Gianni Criveller.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-172).

Contents -- Foreword – Preface
Introduction from the 2011 Edition
List of Ricci's Extant Letters
Acknowledgements
The Return of Ricci's Letters to China
The Role of Ricci's Letters for My Work as Biographer
A Chinese Correspondence that Ricci Began
An Odyssey of Interreligious Dialogue
A Breach in Ricci's Existential Journey
Pioneer of Chinese-Western Dialogue & Cultural Exchange

Fully Translated Letters
Letter 7: To Martino de Fornari - Padua
Letter 10: To Claudio Acquaviva - Rome
Letter 36: To Girolamo Costa - Rome
Letter 40: To Giovanni Battista Ricci - Rome
Letter 54: To João Álvares- Rome

Translated Excerpts of Letters
Excerpts from Letter 9: To Juan Bautista Roman
Excerpts from Letter 20: To Claudio Acquaviva
Excerpts from Letter 25: To Duarte de Sande
Excerpts from Letter 53: To Francesco Pasio

Appendix 1: Biographical Notes on People Mentioned
Appendix 2: Acknowledgements from the 2011 Edition
Appendix 3: Images of Original Autographs
About the Contributors and Editors
About The Beijing Center
Bibliography

SubjectChina--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Sources Jesuits--China--Correspondence Jesuits--Missions--China--Correspondence Ricci, Matteo 利瑪竇, 1552-1610--Correspondence Jesuits--China--16th-18th centuries--Sources
Seriesfoo 101
ISBN9781733789905 ; 1733789901