On Friendship: One Hundred Maxims for a Chinese Prince

"On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends."¿Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on f...

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Main Author: Ricci, Matteo, 1552–1610 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press [2009]
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Summary:"On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends."¿Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on friendship¿the first book to be written in Chinese by a European¿that instantly became a late Ming best seller. On Friendship distilled the best ideas on friendship from Renaissance Latin texts into one hundred pure and provocative Chinese maxims. Written in a masterful classical style, Ricci's sayings established his reputation as a great sage and the sentiments still ring true.Available for the first time in English, On Friendship matches a carefully edited Chinese text with a facing-page English translation and includes notes on sources and biographical, historical, and cultural information. Still admired in China for its sophistication and inspirational wisdom, On Friendship is a delightful cross-cultural work by a crucial and fascinating historical figure. It is also an excellent tool for learning Chinese, pairing a superb model of the classical language with an accessible and accurate translation
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ISBN:9780231520287

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