On friendship : one hundred maxims for a Chinese prince = Jiaoyou lun /

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"" 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 publi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610 (Author)
Other Authors: Billings, Timothy James, 1963- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Friendship > Quotations, maxims, etc.
Conduct of life > Quotations, maxims, etc.
Amitié > Citations, maximes, etc.
Morale pratique > Citations, maximes, etc.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Interpersonal Relations.
PHILOSOPHY > Eastern.
Conduct of life
Friendship
Quotations
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"" 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. Wri.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 173 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231520287
023152028X

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