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Chinese name
Luo Mingjian
Traditional Chinese羅明堅
Simplified Chinese罗明坚

Michele Ruggieri, SJ (born Pompilio Ruggieri and known in China as Luo Mingjian; 1543 – 11 May 1607) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary. A founding father of the Jesuit China missions, co-author of the first European–Chinese dictionary, and first European translator of the Four Books of Confucianism, he has been described as the first European sinologist.

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Michele Ruggieri

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Michele Ruggieri, SJ (born Pompilio Ruggieri and known in China as Luo Mingjian; 1543 – 11 May 1607) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary. A founding...

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Ruggieri

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Ruggieri, Italian engineer Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607), Italian Jesuit missionary in China, the first European sinologist Ève Ruggieri (born 1939), French television...

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Romanization of Chinese

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is thought to have been designed in 1583–1588 by Matteo Ricci and Michele Ruggieri for their Portuguese–Chinese dictionary—the first ever European–Chinese...

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Matteo Ricci

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Chinese people had converted to Christianity. Three years before, Michele Ruggieri was invited from Portuguese India expressly to study Chinese, by Alessandro...

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Alessandro Valignano

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Jesuit scholar, Michele Ruggieri, was sent to Macau. Valignano left Macau for Japan in July 1579, leaving behind instructions for Ruggieri, who was to arrive...

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Confucius

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century during the late Ming dynasty. The first known effort was by Michele Ruggieri, who returned to Italy in 1588 and carried on his translations while...

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Zanzhi

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jiagun (夾棍). When Semedo reached China in 1610, the Jesuit missionaries Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607) and Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) had developed the first Chinese...

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Jesuit missions in China

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Macau to start the study of Chinese. Accordingly, in 1579 the Italian Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607) was sent to Macau, and in 1582 he was joined at his task...

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Portuguese language

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Chinese surnames; one example is Mei. During 1583–88 Italian Jesuits Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci created a Portuguese–Chinese dictionary – the first...

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Mandarin Chinese

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it is among them like Latin among ourselves.... Two of our fathers [Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci] have been learning this mandarin language... — Alessandro...

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Zhaoqing

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Mattia Penella and the Italian Jesuit Michele Ruggieri in their place in 1582. After several false starts, Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci were allowed to establish...

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List of sinologists

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Kondapalli Sean Hurley Martino Martini (1614–1661) Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607) Giuseppe Tucci (1894–1984) Masaru Aoki 靑木正兒 (1887–1964)...

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Voltaire

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Œuvres de Voltaire, following his Tragedy of Mahomet. The first was Michele Ruggieri, who had returned from China to Italy in 1588 and carried on translating...

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Standard Chinese

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it is among them like Latin among ourselves.... Two of our fathers [Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci] have been learning this mandarin language... — Alessandro...

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List of Catholic missionaries to China

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(1307) Odoric of Pordenone O.F.M. (1322) St. Francis Xavier S.J. (1552) Michele Ruggieri S.J. (1579) Matteo Ricci S.J. (1582) Alessandro Valignano S.J. (1570s–1580s)...

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Empresa de China

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prepare the campaign, including also the services of Matteo Ricci and Michele Ruggieri. Cabral believed the conquest would finish itself as soon as they captured...

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Spinazzola

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was born here in the castle of the Pignatelli family, now destroyed. Michele Ruggieri (1543–1607), Jesuit missionary in China, first European sinologist...

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Christianity in China

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oversaw official astronomy and astrology. Ricci and others including Michele Ruggieri, Philippe Couplet, and François Noël undertook a century-long effort...

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Europeans in Medieval China

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about its society and items of trade. The Italian Jesuit missionary Michele Ruggieri would be the first European invited into the Ming-era Forbidden City...

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Chinese as a foreign language

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during the late 16th century. Among the first were the Italian Jesuits, Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci. They mastered the language without the aid of any...

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Creator in Buddhism

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criticize its teachings were those of Jesuits like Alessandro Valignano, Michele Ruggieri, and Matteo Ricci. These attacks were answered by Asian Buddhists,...

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Jesuits

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the Chinese science and culture. For over a century, Jesuits such as Michele Ruggieri, Matteo Ricci, Diego de Pantoja, Philippe Couplet, Michal Boym, and...

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Catholic missions

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about the Chinese science and culture. Ricci and others including Michele Ruggieri, Philippe Couplet, and François Noël undertook a century-long effort...

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Confucianism

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Zhuge Liang's service as if "a fish gaining water". The first was Michele Ruggieri who had returned from China to Italy in 1588, and carried on translating...

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Wanli Emperor

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strategic approach of honoring missionaries. Notable figures such as Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci gained the trust of Chinese dignitaries and were able...

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Lower Yangtze Mandarin

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with dialects of this type here. Let us now consider one more set of Michele Ruggieri; Matteo Ricci; John W. Witek (2001). John W. Witek (ed.). Dicionário...

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Historical Chinese phonology

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dictionary (1583–1588) of the Christian missionaries Matteo Ricci and Michele Ruggieri; a dictionary by a friar, Basilio Brollo (1692-1694), also known as...

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University of Saint Joseph

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in 1594, of the Colégio de Macau by Fr Alessamdro Valignano SJ. Frs Michele Ruggieri, Matteo Ricci and Adam Schall von Bell SJs studied in Macao, as did...

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