Nicolas Trigault
Videos
Nicolas Trigault was a Jesuit, and a missionary in China. He was also known by his Latinised name Nicolaus Trigautius or Trigaultius, and his Chinese name Jin Nige.
De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, by Nicolas Trigault and Matteo Ricci, Augsburg, 1615.
Portrait of Nicolas Trigault, by Rubens workshop, Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai
Nicolas Trigault in Chinese Costume by Anthony van Dyck
Part 1 of 西儒耳目資, "Aid to the Eyes and Ears of Western Literati" by Nicolas Trigault
Matteo Ricci
Videos
Matteo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit who served in the court of Ming dynasty China and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions. He created the Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, a 1602 world map writ
Nicolas Trigault
…Trigault was either in Antwerp or Brussels (at right). It was during this trip to Europe that Trigault edited and translated (from Italian to Latin) Matteo Ricci's "China Journal", or De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas. (He, in fact, started the work aboard the ship when sailing from Macau to India). The work…
Chinese portrait of Ricci from 1610
The statue of Ricci in downtown Macao, unveiled on 7 August 2010, the anniversary of his arrival on the island
Matteo Ricci's way from Macau to Beijing
Matteo Ricci Museum in Zhaoqing located on the site of the Catholic Church he helped found called Xianhua Temple (仙花寺)