The Westerner: Matteo Ricci’s World Map and the Quandaries of European Identity in the Late Ming Dynasty
journal of jesuit studies 6 () The Westerner: Matteo Ricci’s World Map and the Quandaries of European Identity in the Late Ming Dynasty Florin-Stefan Morar Harvard University morar@ Abstract Beginning with the late Ming dynasty, Europeans in China assumed the name of “people from the Great Western Ocean” (Daxiyang ren 大西洋人), often shortened to “Ocean people” (yang ren 洋人) or “Western people” (xi ren 西人). What is the origin of this name? This paper seeks to answer this question by suggesting a new interpretation of the cartography of Matteo Ricci. Much of the scholarly debate about the Ricci world map revolves around the notion that it was a scientific artifact meant to present an accurate image of the world to a willfully ignorant, but otherwise impressive civilization. This paper argues instead that the purpose of Ricci’s cartographic project was to sustain a new identity, that of the Westerner and of the “Great West,” notions created in translation by borrowing and modifying Ming China’s geopolitical vocabulary. Keywords Ming dynasty – the West – Western identity in China
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Sean Kingston Publishing is delighted to announce a major forthcoming series marking the occasion of the th anniversary of Matteo Ricci's death in
The Jesuit Matteo Ricci was a hugely important figure in both Western and Chinese intellectual history. Charged with the mission to China in , he was the first to translate the Confucian classics into a Western language, Latin ("Confucius" was Ricci's own Latinisation). He also made many notable publications in Chinese, including his translation on the works of Euclid. He was the first Westerner to be invited into the Forbidden City, and on his death was venerated by the then Chinese emperor.
It is intended that the series include translations from Italian, Latin and Chinese of the following:
1 Matteo Ricci: Il chiosco delle fenici, by Filippo Mignini (biography)
2 Della entrata della Compagnia di Giesù e Christianità nella Cina, Beijing ()
3 Lettere ()
4 Jiaoyou lun / Trattato sull’amicizia, Nanchang ()
5 Ershiwu yan /Venticinque sentenze ()
6 Xiqin quyi bazhang / Otto canzoni per manicordo occidentale, Beijing () andJire
Matteo Ricci (Macerata, – Beijing, ) was the first Westerner to establish a deep reciprocal relationship of knowledge and friendship between Europe and China. He still remains today, for the two civilizations, a symbol and a model of mutual relations. This volume proposes new studies in three research areas. The first deals with new or unpublished documents in Chinese concerning Matteo Ricci and his interlocutors. The aim of this investigation is to provide a more nuanced and precise reconstruction of Ricci’s experience by relying on a full knowledge of events and records. Secondly, the volume suggests new ways of analysing Ricci’s works by examining a number of topics that have never been explored before, or by focusing on writings that still need to be properly understood. The third theme of the volume is the effort in self-understanding among European scholars prompted by Ricci and later Jesuits, as well as by other religious orders, especially during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. As a whole, the volume is an essential reference work for those who want to have a better understanding of Matteo Ricci and of the first significant encounter
Padre Matteo Ricci, Li Madou, il “Maestro del Grande Occidente”, sono tanti i nomi con i quali è conosciuto nel mondo uno fra i più illustri marchigiani di tutti i tempi, eppure, non tutti sanno che la sua storia ha origine in una piccola città delle Marche, Macerata, quasi cinquecento anni fa… «Non sono nato a Roma, ma in questa terra di mezzo sul mare Adriatico. Si chiama Marche ed è abitata da uomini sobri e prudenti, più amanti del silenzio che delle parole, molto versati nel lavoro. Nel centro c&#;è una città che si chiama Macerata, distesa dentro mura di mattone chiaro e rosa, sopra un colle che guarda il mare verso Oriente. Qui sono nato, qui vivono mio padre, mia madre e i miei fratelli». Così rispose Matteo Ricci a proposito della sua terra al governatore Wang Pan che gli chiedeva da dove provenisse. (Filippo Mignini, &#;Le Marche di Matteo Ricci&#;) L’Oriente verso cui guarda la sua terra sarà la meta fondamentale del viaggio della sua vita, iniziata nel in una famiglia agiata di Macerata. Il padre di Matteo Ricci, che già da giovane era dotato di un’intelligenza e di una memoria incredibile, aveva tracciato per l
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