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Jesuit Chreia in Late Ming China: Two Studies with an Annotated Translation of Alfonso Vagnone's "Illustrations of the Grand Dao" - Eurosinica Sher-Shiueh Li New edition
Jesuit Chreia in Late Ming China: Two Studies with an Annotated Translation of Alfonso Vagnone's "Illustrations of the Grand Dao" - Eurosinica
Sher-Shiueh Li
Used by classical Western schools to teach rhetoric, a chreia is a brief saying attributed to a famous historical figure. In Late Ming China, the Italian Jesuit Alfonso Vagnone, also named Gao Yizhi, and the Chinese scholar-official Han Yun collaborated on a project to write down 355 chreiai and sayings.
373 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 27, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9783034314398 |
| Publishers | Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag de |
| Pages | 373 |
| Dimensions | 148 × 220 × 20 mm · 503 g |
| Language | English |