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Matteo
Ricci SJ (6 October 1552 – 11 May 1610) was an Italian Jesuit priest and one
of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. Ricci arrived at the Portuguese
settlement of Macau in 1582 where he began his missionary work in China. He mastered the Chinese language and
writing system. He became the first European to enter the Forbidden City of
Beijing in 1601 when invited by the Wanli Emperor, who sought his services in
matters such as court astronomy and calendrical science. He emphasized
parallels between Catholicism and Confucianism but opposed Buddhism. He
converted several prominent Chinese officials to Catholicism. Ricci created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a
1602 map of the world written in Chinese characters. Ricci also worked with several Chinese
elites, such as Xu Guangqi, in translating Euclid's Elements into Chinese as
well as the Confucian classics into Latin for the first time in history. |
马泰奥·里奇（1552年10月6日—1610年5月11日），漢名利玛窦，号西泰，又号清泰、西江，天主教耶稣會意大利籍神父、传教士、学者。利玛窦在明朝颇受士大夫的敬重，尊称为“泰西儒士”，是天主教在華传教的开拓者之一。 万历十年（1521年）利玛窦前往中国传教，8月7日到达澳門。 万历十一年（1583年）利玛窦获准與羅明堅神父入居广东肇庆。 萬曆十二年（1584年），利瑪竇與明朝光祿寺少卿李之藻合作刊刻的世界地圖《坤輿萬國全圖》。 利玛窦还翻译了《十誡》、《天主經》、《圣母赞歌》，《教理问答书》。译拉丁文《四书》，与瞿汝夔一起翻译了欧几里得《几何原本》 他除传播天主教教义外，还广交中国官员和社会名流，传播西方天文、数学、地理等科学技术知识。他的著述不仅对中西交流作出了重要贡献，对日本和朝鲜半岛上的国家认识西方文明也产生了重要影响。 |
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