Matteo, Ricci (1562 - 1610)

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Ricci is known for having opened the way for European technical culture in China.
He compiled works in Chinese on science and technology based on European knowledge. Some of his pupils become Christians, the most important being Xu Guangqi, with whom Ricci translated Euclid's Elements in chinese.

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Matteo, Ricci

Curriculum vitae

* 06.10.1562	Macerata	born
1568	Roma	He studied Law in Rome
1571		He entered the Society of Jesus.
1577		He leaves for the East
1601		He reached Beijing
† 11.10.1610	Beijing, China	died
1611		The chinese translation of "Euclid's Elements" by Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi is published.

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=17364004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_17364004.html

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Matteo, Ricci (1562 - 1610)