Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2017. № 12. Part 5. P. 111-114.
Kruglova Mariya Semenovna
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract. "Giornale" by Matteo Ripa, the memoirs of the Italian missionary, is one of the most important sources on the history of China in the XVIII century. After the death of the author the text was edited and reprinted by the Jesuits, who as a result shifted the semantic emphasis so that the anti-Jesuit moods of Matteo Ripa disappeared completely from the text. It was in this version that the memoirs became known to a wide range of researchers. The comparison with the original text allows us to conclude that the editors deliberately made changes that distorted the meaning of those events described by Father Matteo.
Key words and phrases: иезуиты, миссионеры, Китай, Ватикан, Маттео Рипа, католическая духовная миссия, "спор о ритуалах", культ предков, конфуцианство, the Jesuits, missionaries, China, Vatican, Matteo Ripa, Catholic spiritual mission, "rites controversy", cult of ancestors, Confucianism
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