《The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci》是1985年9月Penguin Books出版的圖書，作者是Jonathan D. Spence。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
- 作者：Jonathan D. Spence
- 出版時間：1985年9月3日
- 出版社：Penguin Books
- 頁數：368 頁
- ISBN：9780140080988
- 定價：16 美元
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
Matteo Ricci (1552-1616), an Italian Jesuit, entered China in 1583 to spread Catholicism in the largely Confucian country. In order to make a persuasive argument for the educated Chinese to abandon their traditional faith for the new one he was carrying, Ricci realized that he would have to prove the general superiority of Western culture. He did so by teaching young Confucian scholars tricks to increase their memory skills--an important advantage in a nation with countless laws and rituals that had to be learned by heart. Ricci attracted numerous students with this method; more important, Ricci came to have a sympathetic understanding for China that he communicated to Rome, and thence to the European nations at large. Spence's portrait of Ricci is a gem of historical writing. --Gregory MacNamee
作者簡介
史景遷（Jonathan D. Spence），1936年出生於英國，是國際知名的中國近現代史專家，1965—2008年在美國耶魯大學歷史系任教。著作極豐，主要有《追尋現代中國》、《雍正王朝之大義覺迷》、《太平天國》、《改變中國》、《曹寅與康熙》、《康熙》、《天安門》、《大汗之國：西方眼中的中國》、《王氏之死》、《利瑪竇的記憶宮殿》、《胡若望的疑問》。
