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Abraham, 224
Abyssinia, 13, 26
Academy, Imperial, 99, 204, 206, 211, 213, 259, 274
Acquaviva, Rodolfo, 26–7, 30–1, 215, 236
Adam, 10
Adorers of the Cross, 222–5, 255, 287
Adriatic, 16, 18
Aesop, 259
Afghanistan, 240
Africa, 13, 19, 26–7, 33
Agi Afis, 247, 249–50
Agra, 215, 236–8, 240, 244, 250, 254
Ai T’ien, 220–5
Akbar, 30, 215, 228, 236, 238, 240–1
Ak–Su, 248
Ak–tash River, 243
Albuquerque, Afonzo de, 13, 28
Aleppo, 12
Alexander the Great, 9–10, 241–2
Alexandria, 12
Almeida, Antonio de, 86, 89, 91–9, 102–3, 265
Altemps, Cardinal Sittich d’, 33
Ama, patroness of seafarers, 32
America, 13–14, 73, 196, 201, 283–5
Analects, 58, 103
Ancestors, veneration of, 200–1, 279–82, 285
Andaman Isles, 32
Andrea, House of S., 21
Animuccia, Giovanni, 179
Anthony, Brother, see Leitão
Apennines, 19, 271
Arabia, 12, 32, 73, 100, 184–5, 240, 256
Aristotle, 22, 58, 108, 147, 281
Armenia, 222, 238, 245
Assyria, 10
Astrolabe (Clavius), 197
Athens, 18
Atri, Duke of, 26
Attock, 240
Augustus, 20
Azerbaijan, 12, 240
Azores, 237, 253
Babur, 241
Bactria, 9
Badakhshan, 242
Barradas, John, 110, 113–14
Bartholomew, St., 224
Bencivegni, Nicolò, 17, 19–20, 217, 271
Bethlehem, 9
Bible, Plantin edition, 215–16, 221, 226
Black Sea, 9
Book of Rites, 230–1
Borneo, 73
Bourbons, 278
Brandan’s Isle, St., 10
Buddha, 93, 105, 190, 283
Buddhism, 14, 57–61, 70–1, 87, 92–5, 106, 124, 139, 142, 146–9, 171, 199–201, 204–8, 210, 214, 218, 222, 224, 226, 250, 261
Bugur, 248
Burma, 184
Byzantium, Emperor of, 11
Calendars, 53, 230–2, 238, 276, 284
Calicut, 12
Cambaluc, 11, 185, 222–3, 250
Canal, Imperial, 131–2, 153
Canton, 32–3, 35, 39–43, 46, 55, 62, 77, 79–81, 89, 91, 122, 164, 184, 228–9, 276, 282–3, 287
Caspian Sea, 9
Castle of Barbarians, 183–95, 219, 236, 248, 251
Catechism, 75–6, 107–8, 205, 207–10, 213
Cathay, 11, 13–15, 73, 121, 184–5, 222–3, 236–9, 244, 247–51, 255–6, 271, 278, 287
Cattaneo, Lazzaro, 108–9, 130, 132, 134, 138, 149, 153, 210, 266, 276
Caucasus, 241
Censor at Nanking (Chu Shih-lu), 138, 152–3, 155, 210
Ceylon, 12–14, 26
Chancellor of the Empire (Shen Yikuan), 194
Charchan, 255
Charikar, 241
Chaul, 255
Chekiang, 62
Chichiklik Pass, 244
Chien-an, Prince of, 125, 127–30
Chieti, 33
Chih Yün-chien, 221
Chilan, 248
Chinkiang, 153
Chou, Duke of, 200, 259
Chu Hsi, 58, 210
Ch’ü T’ai-su, 99–101, 103, 105, 134–8, 143–4
Cicero, 22, 126
Civil Appointments, Minister of (Li Tai), 210, 258
Civil Appointments, Secretary to the Ministry of (Ts’ao Cheng-yü), 191–3
Clavius, Christopher, 22, 74, 84, 149, 160, 197, 230
Clement XI, 281
Clocks, 61–2, 75, 84–5, 166, 168, 172–5, 192–3, 195, 248
Cochin, 31, 272
Cochin-China, 37, 184, 256
Coimbra, 24–5, 31, 217, 235
Columbus, 13, 18
Communism, 286–7
Confucianism, 57–8, 83, 142–3, 148, 205–6, 282, 285
Confucius, 52–3, 57–9, 83, 87, 99, 103, 106–7, 128, 142, 178, 181, 201–2, 205, 207, 219, 259, 267, 276, 278–81, 285–6
Copernicus, 197
Coton, Pierre, 272
Cumgao, 246
David, 246
Decalogue, 71–2
Delft, 278
Demetrius, Goes’s companion, 238
Demosthenes, 31
De Ursis, Sabatino, 234–5, 268–72, 274, 276
Dias, Manoel, 198–200, 202, 265
Dioscorides, 96
Doctrine of the Mean, 103, 200
Dominicans, 27, 279
Dutch warships, 199, 217, 228, 255
Eden, see Paradise
Egyptians, 100
Eighteen Rapids, 111–12
Elixirs, 59, 82
Emmanuel, Brother, see Pereira
Empress Mother, 171, 192, 206, 232, 275
England, 14, 22, 129, 237, 283
Esau, 220
Escurial, 177
Eshme, 248
Esther, 225
Euclid, 22, 100, 229
Eunuchs, 133–4, 140, 159, 173–4, 178–9
Euphrates, 9
Eve, 10
Examinations, 57, 205–6, 211–13, 284
Fernandes, John, 251–4
Fernandez, Dominic, 110, 114, 116, 122, 124
Fernandez, Sebastian, 99, 130, 149, 152, 164–5, 181, 184, 215
Flanders, 22, 73, 77
Florence, 21, 92
Florus, 20–1
Formosa, 37, 184
Forty-two Paragraphs, The, 218–19
France, 22, 129, 277, 283
Francis, Brother, see Martinez, Francis
Francis of Assisi, St., 18, 219, 223
Franciscans, 18, 27–8, 34, 79, 223, 225, 247, 255–6, 279
French Revolution, 283
Frobisher, Sir Martin, 14
Fu, Prince, 207
Funerals, 174, 198–9
Gaius, 20
Galisio, Giovanni Battista, 238
Gama, Vasco da, 13, 25
Ganges, 71
General of the Society of Jesus, 24, 108, 195, 227, 235
Genghis Khan, 11, 241, 246, 249
Geography, Chinese, 73–4
Germany, 22
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 14
Gnomonica (Clavius), 197
Goa, 26–31, 36–7, 227, 236, 271
Goa, Archbishop of, 255
Gobi, 151, 249, 253
Goes, Bento de, 237–56, 277
Gog and Magog, 10
Good Hope, Cape of, 26
Goths, 284
Great Learning, 103
Greece, 10, 100
Gregory XIII, 24
Grimanus, Leo, 238
Guinea, 13, 25
Haft-bachah, 241
Hainan, 88, 91
Haitao at Canton, 40–3, 77–8, 228
Haiti, 13
Hajji Khanum, 241, 247
Hami, 249
Hangchow, 222, 257
Han Yü, 189
Henry IV, King of France, 272
Henry the Navigator, 13
Hideyoshi, 136
Hindu Kush, 241
Hindus, 27–9
Hoeihoei, 177
Holywood, John, 197
Honan, 219, 221, 225
Horace, 19, 103, 217
Hsia, disciple of Confucius, 219
Hsiao Tun, Empress, 203, 206
Hsü Kuang-ch’i (baptised Paul), 210–13, 219, 226–7, 229, 234, 266, 268, 275–6, 283
Hsü Ta-jen, 119–20
Huang Chi-shih, 275
Huang Hui, 204–6, 208
Huang San-hui, 143–7, 150
Hukwang, 83, 204
Hungary, 11, 222
Hwaian, 153
IHS, 76, 264
India, 10–12, 23–4, 26, 30, 43, 59, 70–1, 73–4, 81, 92, 106, 139, 142, 208, 210, 216, 218, 222, 227, 236–7, 239–41, 249, 251, 255
Indonesia, 27, 73
Indus, 9, 240
Innocent IV, 11
Irak, 12
Ireland, 196
Isaac, 238–9, 241, 244, 247, 249, 252–5
Islam, 11–13, 26, 245
Jacob, 220
Jalalabad, 241
Japan, 13–14, 23, 26–7, 29–30, 32–3, 35–7, 56, 59, 62, 73, 76, 81, 104–5, 107–9, 130, 134, 136, 199–200, 202, 227–8, 234, 256, 263, 266–7, 284, 286
Java, 73
Jenkinson, Anthony, 14
Jerusalem, 225
Jesus, Society of, 17–20, 33, 35, 76, 99, 110, 177, 200, 228, 236–7, 251, 264, 272, 276–7, 280–3
Jews, 221–2, 224–6
John of Marignolli, 223
John of Montecorvino, 223
John of Plano Carpini, 223
John, Prester, 11–13, 26
John the Baptist, St., 156, 167, 220
Judith, 224
Justinian, 20
Kabul, 238, 240–1, 247
Kaffirs, 27
Kafiristan, 240
Kaifeng, 221, 224–5
Kalmaks, 249
Kan River, 124
Kanchow (Kansu), 250, 253
Kanchow (Kiangsi), 111
K’ang Hsi, 277, 279–80, 282–3
Kanjur, 247
Kansu, 184
Karakorum, 73
Kara-shahr, 248, 255
Kashgar, 184, 238–40, 250, 255
Khitai, 184, 256
Khitan, 256
Khotan, 245, 247, 255
Khyber Pass, 240
Kian, 114
Kiangsi, 91, 110, 169
Kiayükwan, 250
Kirghiz, 243
Kohistan, 241
Korea, 73, 108–9, 130, 134, 136, 151, 184, 203, 233, 284
Kublai Khan, 116
Kucha, 248
Kunlun Mountains, 151
Kwangsi, 36, 91
Kwangtung, 12, 36, 62, 73, 77, 85, 91, 103, 124, 132, 169, 228, 265
Ladakh range, 245
Lahore, 238–9
Lanterns, Feast of, 104, 137
Lao Tzu, 59, 233
Lapland, Russian, 14
Laria, Ricci’s grandmother, 17
Leibnitz, 278
Leitão, Anthony, 225–6
Lenin, 286
Lepanto, 22
Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, 277
Li, baptised Luke (courtier), 260–2
Li Chih-tsao, baptised Leo (geographer), 196–7, 210, 229, 257–8, 260, 268–70, 274, 276
Li Pen-ku, 143, 145–6
Li Ying-shih, baptised Paul (astrologer), 203–4, 258
Lintsing, 134, 149, 153–60, 163–4, 224
Lisbon, 24–5, 40
Liu Chieh-chai, 88–92, 96, 264
Liu V, 117–20
Liu Tsung-chou, 205
Livy, 20
Lo-an, Prince of, 125
Longobardo, Nicolò, 198, 201, 229, 268, 275, 286
Loreto, 16
Louis IX, 11
Loyola, Ignatius de, 14, 26, 76, 122
Lu Hui-neng, 92–4
Macao, 30–7, 39, 42–3, 46, 48, 50, 54–6, 61–3, 66, 71, 73, 77, 80–1, 84–5, 89–90, 96–7, 99, 104–5, 108, 110, 121, 128–9, 133, 151, 162, 193, 198–200, 204, 215–16, 226–9, 234, 250, 255, 265, 267–9, 271
Macerata, 16–21, 23, 30–1, 43, 88, 271
Madeira, 25
Magellan, Straits of, 14
Maigrot, Bishop, 281–2
Malabar, 14
Malacca, 13–14, 32, 106, 228, 255
Malaya, 32–3, 73
Manchuria, 256, 286
Mandeville, 11, 15
Manila, 77
Mardochai, 224
Mark, Church of St., Venice, 177
Martinez, Francis, 99, 228–9, 265
Marx, Karl, 286
Mary, Blessed Virgin, 19, 49–50, 56, 70, 156, 167, 169, 189, 220, 237, 261
Ma T’ang, 153–66, 173, 179, 181–3, 189–90, 193–4
Medicine, Chinese, 96–7
Mencius, 205
Mencius, 103
Mendicants, 279–81
Mercator, Gerardus, 74
Messiah, 225–6
Mexico, 76–7
Mihirakula, 240
Military superintendent in Lintsing (Chung Wan-lu), 155–7, 164
Ming dynasty, 223, 231, 276–8
Ming, Emperor, 209–10
Ming-jigda, 248
Mirabilia Urbis Romae, 20–1
Mogul, Great, see Akbar
Mohammed, 246, 253
Mohammed, ruler of Kashgar, 241, 246, 250
Mohammedans, 27–9, 141–2, 184–5, 192, 221–2, 224, 236–40, 248, 250–4
Moluccas, 12–14, 26
Mongol Empire, 11–12, 210, 224–5
Mongolia, 184, 256, 286
Moscow, 246
Moses, 246
Mozambique, 26–7, 228
Muscovy Company, 14
Music, Chinese, 178–81
Nagasaki, 37, 228
Namyung, 91, 95, 99
Nanan, 110
Nanchang, 121–30, 138, 147, 158, 198–9, 213, 262, 264, 266, 269
Nangahar, 240
Nanhoa, 91–5
Nanino, Giovanni, 179
Nanking, 115–22, 130–2, 134, 136–53, 157–8, 169, 172, 178, 182, 184, 190, 192, 194, 198–9, 210–11, 213, 216, 218–19, 262, 264, 269, 282
Naples, 21, 25
Napoleonic Wars, 283
Navarre, 129
Nazareth, 16
Nestorians, 222–3
Nile, 9
Nishapur, 12
Olympus, Mt., 139
Ophir, 10
Ortelius, Abraham, 74, 160, 168
Oxus, 243, 245
Padua, 33
Pagoda of the Flower of Saints, 70, 89, 105
Pai River, 214–15
Palace, Imperial, 132–3, 169–79, 187–8, 211, 257
Palestine, 9
Pamirs, 243–4, 246, 248
Pantoja, Diego, 151–2, 161–5, 171–9, 181–4, 186, 192–3, 195, 203, 226, 234, 257, 269–72, 274
Paradise, 10, 58, 70–1, 128
Parthian Empire, 246
Parwan, Pass of, 241
Pasio, Francesco, 26–7, 31, 263, 265–7, 276
Paul IV, 33
Pearl River, 32
Pekiang, 91
Peking, 15, 42, 76, 84–5, 106, 108–9, 114–16, 118, 124, 129–34, 138, 140, 142, 151–2, 154, 162–4, 166–236, 238, 249–77, 281–7
Pereira, Emmanuel, 272
Persia, 11–12, 18, 240, 250, 256
Persian Gulf, 12, 255
Peru, 77, 196
Peshawar, 240
Peter the Great, 277
Philip, Ruggieri’s interpreter, 39, 41–3, 48–54, 61, 69, 71, 75
Philip II, 76–7, 174, 215
Philip III, 237
Philippines, 24, 76–7, 104, 228
Pingyang, 142
Pius V, 18, 20
Plato, 108, 181
Poland, 22
Polo, Marco, 11, 13, 15, 73, 121, 185, 222, 249, 255–6
Pope, 78, 85, 108, 177, 216, 223, 237, 282, 286
Portugal, 22, 37, 76–7, 184, 240, 277
Portugal, King of, 24–5, 28, 30, 37
Portuguese, 24, 28–9, 32–5, 40, 42, 62–3, 77, 81, 99, 106, 130, 151, 200, 228, 238, 251, 256
Poyang, Lake, 115
Practical Arithmetic (Clavius), 197
Prisms, 49–51, 54, 114–15
Ptolemy, 10, 22, 197
Publi
c Works, Ministry of, 196
Ravine of Baboons, 249
Rebecca, 220
Ricci, Giovan Battista, 16–17, 21, 217
Ricci, Giovanna, 17, 20
Ricci, Matteo: birth, 16; schooling, 17–19; vocation, 18; sent to Rome, 19; enters novitiate, 21; visit to Florence, 21; education at Roman College, 22–4; chosen as missionary, 24; audience with Pope, 24; at Coimbra, 25; sails from Lisbon, 25; at Mozambique, 26; at Goa, 26–31; teaches at Cochin, 31; ordained priest, 31; sails from Goa, 31; at Malacca, 32; at Macao, 32–8; enters China, 39; at Shiuhing, 43–91; builds first mission, 51; charged with abduction, 63–7; first convert, 69–70; assumes “great name,” 79; expelled, 89–91; visits Nanhoa, 92–4; at Shiuchow, 95–110; ill with malaria, 97–8; builds second mission, 98; teaches Ch’ü T’ai-su, 99–101; revisits Shiuhing, 105; sails for Nanking, 110; shipwrecked, 113; assumes graduate dress, 117; at Nanchang, 122–30; display of memory, 125–6; first visit to Peking, 132–4; travels south on horseback, 134–5; ill at Tanyang, 136; at Nanking, 136–52; visits observatory, 141–2; dispute with Huang San-hui, 143–7; second journey to Peking, 153–67; presents gifts to Emperor, 170; within the palace, 171–80; portrait painted in imperial studios, 176; in the Castle of Barbarians, 184–93; pays homage to dragon throne, 187–8; tends the plague-stricken, 214; correspondence with Europe, 216–18; meets Ai T’ien, 220–5; letter from Goes, 251; writes history of mission, 263–5; baptises Leo Li, 268; last illness, 270; receives Last Sacraments, 272; death, 273; portrait painted by Brother Emmanuel, 274; burial, 275; policy revoked, 281; final justification, 285
Written works by Ricci: Decalogue, 71–2; Pater, Ave and Credo, 72; Map of the World: first edition, 74–5; second edition, 151; third edition, 196–7; fourth edition, 258; edition for Wan Li, 258; Catechism, 75–6; Latin translation of Chinese Classics, 107; Second Catechism, entitled A True Disputation about God, 107–8, 205, 207–10; Treatise on Friendship, 128–9; The Four Elements, 139; Eight Songs, 180; Treatise of the Constellations, 197; Twenty-five Sentences, 218–20; translation of Euclid, 229–30; translation of Gregorian calendar, 230; The Ten Paradoxes, 258–9, 262; Della entrata della Compagnia di Giesù e Christianità nella Cina, 263–5
Rites, acting Minister of (Chu Kuotsu), 188–91
Rites, Minister of (Feng Ch’i), 205–6, 258, 274
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