Matteo Ricci and the Missionary Role in the Evolution of Chinese Lexicon

This is a systematic study of Matteo Ricci's (1552-1610) enormous impact on the development of modern scientific and intellectual terminology in China.

Zhao Ming, Ph.D. (2014), Peking University, is Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include Chinese lexicology, the missionary role in the evolution of Chinese lexicon, and the relationship between language and culture. He has recently published Cultural Semantics in the Lexicon of Modern Chinese.

1. The historical background to Ricci's missionary role in the evolution of the Chinese lexicon 2. Religious terms coined by Matteo Ricci 3. Geographical names and terminology coined by Matteo Ricci 4. Geometrical terms coined by Matteo Ricci and Xú Güngq ---- 5. Astronomical terms coined by Matteo Ricci and L- Zh-z-o --- 6. Terms coined by Matteo Ricci and Michele Ruggieri 7. Ricci's missionary role in the evolution of the Chinese lexicon