Name Prospero Intorcetta | Died 1696, Hangzhou, China | |
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Prospero intorcetta una risorsa turistica e culturale per piazza armerina
Prospero Intorcetta (1626, Piazza Armerina – 1696)(Chinese name:殷鐸澤) was a Jesuit who was active in China in the 17th century. He reached China in 1659, together with the French Jesuit Philippe Couplet, and worked in the Jiangnan region.
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- Prospero intorcetta una risorsa turistica e culturale per piazza armerina
- Prospero intorcetta 1625 1696 i gesuiti e confucio
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Prospero intorcetta 1625 1696 i gesuiti e confucio
Works
Intorcetta studied Chinese philosophy, and published in 1662 his notes related to the study of the Four books, entitled The meaning of Chinese wisdom as explained by Fr. Ignacio da Costa, Portuguese, of the Society of Jesus, and made public by Fr. Prospero Intorcetta, Sicilian, of the same society. In 1667, he also published Sinarum scientia politico-moralis, and in 1687 Confucius Sinarum philosophus together with Philippe Couplet.
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