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1 online resource (xi, 173 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments ix; Introduction 1; On Friendship 84; Chronology of Editions 139; Texts and Variants 143; Sources and Notes 157; Index 167. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English and Chinese. |
| Subject |
Friendship -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
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Friendship. |
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Conduct of life -- Quotations, maxims, etc.
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Conduct of life. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Quotations.
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| Subject |
Friendships. |
| Added Author |
Billings, Timothy James, 1963-
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| Added Title |
Jiaoyou lun. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009029320
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Jiaoyou lun |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610. Jiaoyou lun. English. On friendship. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2009019567 |
| ISBN |
9780231520287 (electronic book) |
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023152028X (electronic book) |
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0231149247 |
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9780231149242 |
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