Matteo Ricci

Matteo Ricci was a born in Italy in 1552. He became a Jesuit and went a mission to China in 1583. He lived out the rest of his twenty seven years in China, bringing in Western culture and technology, while learning about what China had to offer. In his novel, The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, Jonathan Spence retells Ricci’s life story, while also adding information about the world at the time. Spence tells Ricci’s story in an interesting way, by assigning Chinese characters and images that he believes

21: Regulating the "Inner" and "Outer" Domains 1. Trade rights and religious perceptions affected how Matteo Ricci viewed relations with china by taking a different strategy than the other missionaries. “…the Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) encouraged his followers to immerse themselves in the language and to become conversant with the rich traditions of Chinese literature (Source 21.2, Ricci, Matteo, in Patterns of World History, Vol. 2, p. S21-4)”. Instead of limiting their training in Chinese language

Europeans had many goals throughout the 1500s and 1600s. To achieve their goals, they deferred to the non-European culture. However, the question remains how did the Europeans accommodate themselves to Non-European culture? The European traders and missionaries would accommodate themselves by integrating into the Non-European culture, by adapting their physical appearance, by referring to the traditional practices, and through the response of the nations wants to European goods. In order for Europe’s

Europe was looking for the same success in Asia that they had in the Americas. Many missionaries were sent to Asia to fulfil these hopes. In document 4, Matteo and his lay companion Paul Siu Kwang-k’i, a painting depicting Ricci, left, and Paul Siu, right. Ricci is depicted wearing traditional Chinese attire. The Jesuits, the group for which Ricci was associated with, believed that the best way to convert a civilization, such as China, was to immerse themselves in their culture. Missionaries did not

Europeans had many ambitions throughout the 1500s and 1600s. To achieve their goals, they deferred to the non-European culture. The main question remains: how did the Europeans accommodate themselves to Non-European culture? The European traders and missionaries would accommodate themselves by integrating into the Non-European culture, by adapting their physical appearance, by referring to the traditional practices, and through the response of the native people wants to European goods. For Europe’s

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Matteo Ricci Matteo Ricci was known to be a very intellectual man, he brought many important things to our world, and was an adventurer and teacher for most of his life time. Matteo was born October 6, 1552 into a noble family, in Macerata, Italy. His mother, Giovanni Angiolelli, was known for her simple religion, and his father, Giovanni Battista Ricci, was a pharmacist. Matteo took preliminary studies at home, and then when he got a little older, he attended the school that the Jesuit priests