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Title:
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ON FRIENDSHIP
ONE HUNDRED MAXIMS FOR A CHINESE PRINCE |
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Matteo Ricci, Timothy Billings (Trans) |
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Electronic book text |
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£28.78 |
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ISBN 10: |
023152028X |
ISBN 13: |
9780231520287 |
Publisher: |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 2009 |
Pages: |
192 |
Synopsis: |
" On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends."& mdash;Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on friendship& mdash;the first book to be written in Chinese by a European& mdash;that instantly became a late Ming best seller. On Friendship distilled the best ideas on friendship from Renaissance Latin texts into one hundred pure and provocative Chinese maxims. Written in a masterful classical style, Ricci's sayings established his reputation as a great sage and the sentiments still ring true.Available for the first time in English, On Friendship matches a carefully edited Chinese text with a facing-page English translation and includes notes on sources and biographical, historical, and cultural information. Still admired in China for its sophistication and inspirational wisdom, On Friendship is a delightful cross-cultural work by a crucial and fascinating historical figure. It is also an excellent tool for learning Chinese, pairing a superb model of the classical language with an accessible and accurate translation. |
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US |
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press |
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