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Mission to China: Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit Encounter with the East
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Author
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Mary Laven.
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Publisher
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Faber & Faber
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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8.75
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5.5
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1.1
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ISBN
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9780571225170
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Pages/Publication Date
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279/2011
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Daedalus Item Code
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22504
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Description
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Here the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize–winning author of Virgins of Venice tells the extraordinary story of the first Jesuit mission to China. In the 16th century the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a handful of learned companions gained permission from the notoriously xenophobic Wanli emperor to settle in the fabled Forbidden City. Living among eunuchs and mandarins, wearing the clothes of Confucian scholars, Ricci and his associates strove to master the language and culture of their hosts while energetically preaching the virtues of Western art and science. Mary Laven's history is rich with the smell of incense, the flavor of warm rice wine, and the gleam of Venetian crystal.
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