The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci_图书大全
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
ISBN: 9780140080988
出版社: Penguin Books
出版年: 1985-9-3
页数: 368
定价: USD 16.00
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
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
作者简介
史景迁（Jonathan D.Spence 乔纳森?斯宾塞），世界著名汉学家，现任美国历史学会主席。1936年生于英国苏尔里。曾受教于温切斯特大学和剑桥大学。1965年获美国耶鲁大学博士学位，现为耶鲁大学教授、历史系和东亚研究中心主任。史氏以研究中国历史见长（从他取名蕴含景仰司马迁之意可见他对此专业的热爱）。他以独特的视角观察悠久的中国历史，并以不同一般的“讲故事”的方式向读者介绍他的观察与研究结果。他的作品敏锐、深邃、独特而又“好看”，使他在成为蜚声国际的汉学家的同时，也成为学术畅销书的写作高手。著有多部有关中国历史的著作，主要有《改变中国：在中国的西方人，1620-1960》、《追寻现代中国》、《“天国之子”和他的世俗王朝：洪秀全与太平天国》等。
