Matteo Ricci

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Matteo Ricci!

• The greatest man that lived.
• (besides Jesus)

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In the beginning

• Matteo Ricci was born in Macerata, Italy, october
  6th 1552
• Against his father's wishes, entered the Jesuits
  in 1571
• Later that year went to roman college for
  mathematics
• Wanted to expand Asian missions, and went to
  Portugal on may 18th,1577
• Then onto the west Indies, reaching Goa on Sept
  13th,1578

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Continued

• At the end of his training he was assigned to the
  China Mission, and started there in 1583, He
  worked there for 27 years.
• Made western developments in mathematics for the
  Chinese and in 1584 and 1600 he published the
  first maps of China for the West.
• Entitled A first textbook of geometry, making him
  a pioneer for mathematics

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Accomplishments!

• Matteo Ricci brought trigonometry to China
• Devolved many mathematic and geometrical tools.
• Ricci produced the first edition of his map of
  the world Great Map of Ten Thousand Countries.

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• He was the first Westerner to be invited into the
  Forbidden city.
• Was given the title of Superior-General of the
  Jesuits in China
• The elderly Chief Rabbi of the Jews (in china)
  was ready to cede his power to Ricci, as long as
  he gave up eating pork, but he never accepted the
  position.

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Fun facts?

• During his research he discovered that Chinese
  culture was strongly intertwined with Confucian
  values.
• Ricci could speak Chinese as well as read and
  write
• Ricci lived on in China until the end of his
  life. He died in Beijing on May 11th 1610.

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bibliography

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Ricci
• http//www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/sj/scientist
  s/ricci.htm
• Religion 11 textbook.
• http//www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Mathem
  aticians/Ricci_Matteo.html