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Wise Man Of The West (Harvill Press Editions)

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by Vincent Cronin


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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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