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The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci Author: [US] Jonathan Spence Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press Original title: The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci Author: [US] Jonathan Spence Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press Original title: The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
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Introduction · · · · · ·
At the beginning of the Age of Exploration, Matteo Ricci tried to use mnemonics to open the door to China and change this unfamiliar culture. The Chinese followed him through the halls, admired the pictures, stepped into the depths of the memory palace, and walked towards the theological symbol represented by the symbol of the cross.
Eight fragments of Matteo Ricci's memory have miraculously survived to this day, including four Chinese characters and four paintings of biblical stories. It is through these accidental relics that Jonathan Spence ingeniously constructed a complete picture of the intersection of two great civilizations. We are also able to enter the memory palace created by Matteo Ricci and see him in the unknown world, sometimes firm and sometimes confused.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Jonathan D. Spence, born in 1936 in the United Kingdom, is an internationally renowned expert on modern Chinese history. He taught at the Department of History at Yale University in the United States from 1965 to 2008. He has written many books, including "In Search of Modern China", "The Yongzheng Dynasty: Awakening from the Great Righteousness", "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", "Changing China", "Cao Yin and Kangxi", "Kangxi", "Tiananmen", "The Khanate: China in the Eyes of the West", "The Death of Wang", "Matteo Ricci's Memory Palace", and "Hu Ruowang's Question".
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