1 | No examples of the map are known to exist in China, where Ricci was revered and buried. | |
2 | In the year 1583 Matteo Ricci entered Zhaoqing and built the first European style house in China. | |
3 | Matteo Ricci, the Italian missionary, brought advanced science and technology from Europe to China, inaugurating the spread of Western learning to the East. | |
4 | We thought that Matteo Ricci could have introduced in this box the concept of the Good which overcomes the evil. | |
5 | Over 700 years ago, Marco Polo opened up the contacts between China and Italy. Later, Matteo Ricci and Giuseppe Castiglione brought closer our two peoples. |