Wise Man Of The West (Harvill Press Editions)

by Vincent Cronin

  Rites, Ministry of, 205–6, 258, 274

  Roman College, 22–3, 26, 31, 84, 126, 217, 234

  Rome, 16, 19–24, 26, 40, 85–6, 92, 103, 202, 225, 228, 230, 237–9, 246, 264, 267, 280–1, 284–5

  Ruggieri, Michele, 25–7, 30–1, 33, 35–7, 39–57, 59, 61–2, 69–70, 75, 77–9, 83–6, 106–7, 129, 263–4

  Ruscelli, Girolamo, 196

  Russia, 14, 246, 256, 277, 286

  Sacrifice, Imperial, 57–8, 176

  Samarkand and Bokhara, Khan of, 242

  Santa Severina, Cardinal di, 215

  Sarik-Abdal, 248

  Schall von Bell, Johann Adam, 276–7

  Seres, 10, 20

  Seven Cities, Isle of the, 10

  Sèvres, 278

  Shangchwan Island, 14

  Shanghai, 210, 266

  Shansi, 222–4

  Shantung, 153

  Shen Ta-kuan, 206–7

  Shih Hsing, 108–15, 119–20, 124–5

  Shih Huang-ti, 179

  Shiuchow, 91–2, 94–110, 114–16, 124, 138, 149, 169, 198, 210, 213, 262, 265, 269

  Shiuhing, 36–7, 39, 42–91, 93, 95–6, 99, 105, 108, 119, 122, 124, 138, 155, 169, 214, 229, 262, 264, 271

  Shorchuk, 248

  Shun, Emperor, 259

  Siam, 32, 42, 184, 187, 256

  Simeon, canticle of, 239, 252

  Sinae, 10, 12–13

  Singapore, Straits of, 255

  Solomon, 10

  Soochow, 134–6, 138

  Spain, 22, 37, 76–7, 129, 184, 277

  Spaniards, 34, 77, 228, 280

  Suchow, 250–3

  Sulei River, 250

  Sumatra, 32, 73

  Sumeru, Mt., 139

  Summa theologica, 28–9

  Syria, 12

  Szechwan, 131

  Tacitus, 20

  Tagus, 24–5, 271

  Takla Makan, 248

  Tallik, 248

  T’ang dynasty, 256

  Tangi-tar, 244

  Tanyang, 135–6

  Taoism, 59, 73, 105, 142, 150, 206

  Tartars, 34, 56, 61, 116, 121, 141, 158, 184, 223, 266, 276–7

  Tartary, 277

  Tash-kurghan, 244

  Teskan, 242

  Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 160, 168

  Thin, 10, 13

  Thomas Aquinas, St., 29

  Thomas the Apostle, St., 10, 14

  Tiber, 271

  Tibet, 184, 217, 247

  Tibetan king, 246

  Tientsin, 157, 159–60, 251, 271

  Tigris, 9

  Tolentino, 21

  Tournon, Charles de, 281–2

  Tower of High Fortune, 45, 52, 54,

  Tractatus de Sphaera (Holywood), 197

  Travancore, 237

  Trent, Council of, 18, 20

  Ts’ai Hsü-t’ai, 181–4, 186, 191–3, 204

  Tsining, 153

  Tungchow, 132

  Turkestan, 11–12, 184, 244, 256

  Ugen, 248

  Valignano, Alessandro, 21, 23, 30–1, 33–7, 47–8, 59, 75, 84–6, 99, 106–8, 129, 198–202, 208, 227–8, 234, 263, 265

  Van, Lake, 12

  Vandals, 283

  Vayer, La Mothe le, 278

  Venice, 77, 117, 135, 184, 238

  Viegas, Gaspar, 37

  Virgil, 19, 103, 217

  Voltaire, 278

  Wall, Great, 179, 250

  Wang Chung-ming, 130–4, 136–8

  Wang P’an, 36, 41, 43, 46–51, 54–5, 61–3, 66–71, 74–5, 77–9, 82–4, 88–9, 264, 269

  Wan Li, 76–7, 85, 108, 125, 129, 133, 151–7, 159, 161–77, 179–84, 186–95, 204–7, 213–14, 218, 232, 235, 257–8, 265–6, 271, 274–6

  War, Minister of (Hsiao Ta-heng), 210

  Western River, 39, 45, 62, 91, 108, 287

  Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 14

  Worcester, 278

  Wu, King, 200

  Xavier, Jerónimo, 238–9, 252, 255

  Xavier, St. Francis, 13–15, 18, 23, 27–9, 34–5, 56,79, 228, 238, 263

  Yangchow, 134, 153

  Yangtze, 115–16, 121, 131, 172, 271

  Yao, semi-legendary Emperor, 259

  Yarkand, 244–8, 252

  Yellow River, 44, 271

  Yemen, 12

  Yen Fu, 285

  Yu, disciple of Confucius, 219

  Yung Lo, 185

  Zoroaster, 9

  Short Bibliography

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