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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Giulio Alenio, Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, Matteo Ricci, Alessandro Valignano, Ferdinand Verbiest, De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, Chinese Rites controversy, Micha Boym, St. Paul's College, Macao, Philippe Couplet, Jean-Baptiste Regis, Alexander de Rhodes, Nicolas Trigault, Michele Ruggieri, Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, Karel Slavi ek, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Joachim Bouvet, Jan Miko aj Smogulecki, Johann Grueber, Jean-Francois Gerbillon, Johann Schreck, Li Yingshi, Sabatino de Ursis, Antoine Thomas, Pierre Marie Heude, Alvaro Semedo, Wenceslas Pantaleon Kirwitzer, Charles Le Gobien, Michel Benoist, Robert Jacquinot de Besange, Giuseppe Castiglione, Carmelo Elorduy, Caspar Castner, Jean Denis Attiret, Lodovico Buglio, Manuel Dias, China and the Christian Impact, Thomas Pereira, Jean-Francois Foucquet, Nicolo Longobardo, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Joseph Henri Marie de Premare. Excerpt: The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China is part of the history of relations between China and the Western world. The missionary efforts and other work of the Society of Jesus, or Jesuits, between the 16th and 17th century played a significant role in continuing the transmission of knowledge, science, and culture between China and the West, and had an impact on Christian culture in Chinese society today. The first attempt by the Jesuits to reach China was made in 1552 by St. Francis Xavier, Spanish priest and missionary and founding member of the Society of Jesus. Xavier never reached the mainland, dying after only a year on the Chinese island of Shangchuan. Three decades later, in 1582, Jesuits once again initiated mission work in China, led by several figures including the Italian Matteo Ricci, introducing Western science, mathematics, astronomy, and visual arts to the imperial court, and carrying on ...
