The Beijing Administrative College (eng.bac.gov.cn) has produced a richly illustrated book, History Recorded on Stone: The Cemetery of Matteo Ricci and Other Foreign Missionaries during Four Turbulent Centuries, to showcase the lives and contributions of Matteo Ricci and several other renowned missionaries in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The book also introduces to readers a time in the past when Sino-Western cultural exchange flourished. Of particular interest to specialists are the appendices on rare rubbings, photographs and annotations of 120 extant or lost tombstones of these missionaries. For the convenience of foreign readers, the English version of the book is also published.
If you wish to obtain a copy of the book, please contact
Mr. CHEN Cong
Email: chencong@bac.gov.cn
Fax: 86 10 68006727
Telephone: 86 10 68007011; 86 10 68007020
Mailing address: Department of International Cooperation and Exchange
Beijing Administrative College
No. 6 Chegongzhuang Avenue
Xicheng District, Beijing, China
100044
Tables of Content
1. 1601, a Turning Point: the Arrival of a Foreigner, the Collaboration of two Great Men
2. Foreign Experts in Xu Guangqi’s Calendrical Bureau: Johann Terrenz Schreck, Giacomo Rho, and Niccolò Longobardo
3. The Shunzhi Emperor’s “Honorary Western Grandfather”: Johann Adam Schall von Bell
4. Qing Dynasty Vice-Miniser of Works: Ferdinand Verbiest
5. A Polymath from Portugal: Tomé Pereira
6. Directorate of Astronomy: Showcase for Missionary Scientific Talents
7. Atlas of the Chinese Empire and its Cartographers
8. Western Painters, Musicians, Doctors and Engineers in the Qing Court
9. Four Centuries of Change in Tenggong Zhalan Cemetery
Appendices
1. A List of Individual Names on Extant Tombstones (arranged in order of date of death)
2. A List of Individual Names on Lost Tombstones
3. Rubbings, Photographs and Annotations of Extant Tombstones
4. Rubbings and Annotations of Lost Tombstones
5. Locations of Extant Tombstones in the Cemetery