{"product_id":"the-wise-man-from-the-west","title":"The Wise Man From The West","description":"A fascinating insight into the history of Europe and China, and a first bridge built between two civilizations. Matteo Ricci, an early recruit of the Jesuit order, was sent to China as a missionary in 1582. If he approached the Emperor with a Bible in one hand, in the other he carried the accumulated technological and philosophical wisdom of late Renaissance Europe, and thus found favor among the Mandarins, the men of learning in the imperial court. But his progress was not unopposed, and the Wise Man from the West came to be seen as an unsettling element in a too settled society. Ricci died in 1610, disappointed in his ambition to convert the Emperor and his people to Christianity. But the seed was sown and the crop, undaunted even by several decades of atheistic Communism, continues to grow in modern China.","brand":"Bookshop Staging","offers":[{"title":"Union Book | 友聯書局","offer_id":42426506543182,"sku":"9786267492741","price":42.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0645\/3857\/4926\/files\/book_cover_image_not_available.jpg?v=1746761060","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.lol\/products\/the-wise-man-from-the-west","provider":"bookshop.lol","version":"1.0","type":"link"}