Matteo Ricci (1552-1616), an Italian Jesuit, entered China in 1583 to spread Catholicism in the largely Confucian country. In order to make a persuasive argument for the educated Chinese to abandon their traditional faith for the new one he was carrying, Ricci realized that he would have to prove the general superiority of Western culture. He did so by teaching young Confucian ...(展开全部)

Matteo Ricci (1552-1616), an Italian Jesuit, entered China in 1583 to spread Catholicism in the largely Confucian country. In order to make a persuasive argument for the educated Chinese to abandon their traditional faith for the new one he was carrying, Ricci realized that he would have to prove the general superiority of Western culture. He did so by teaching young Confucian ...(展开全部)

夏伯嘉，（R.PO-CHIAHSIA）。美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学Edwin Erle Sparks讲座教授，台湾中研院院士。出生于香港，先后求学于香港、英国、德国和美国，是近代早期欧洲史和中西文化交流史领域的著名学者。已出版专著和编著十余部，其中多部作品被译成中文、日文、意大利文、西班牙文和德文，多个国家授予其学术荣誉。

A 16th century Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci was the founder of the Catholic Mission in China and one of the most famous missionaries of all time. A pioneer in bringing Christianity to China, Ricci spent twenty eight years in the country, in which time he crossed the cultural divides between China and the West by immersing himself in the language and culture of his hosts. Even 4...(展开全部)

A 16th century Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci was the founder of the Catholic Mission in China and one of the most famous missionaries of all time. A pioneer in bringing Christianity to China, Ricci spent twenty eight years in the country, in which time he crossed the cultural divides between China and the West by immersing himself in the language and culture of his hosts. Even 4...(展开全部)

夏伯嘉，（R.PO-CHIAHSIA）。美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学Edwin Erle Sparks讲座教授，台湾中研院院士。出生于香港，先后求学于香港、英国、德国和美国，是近代早期欧洲史和中西文化交流史领域的著名学者。已出版专著和编著十余部，其中多部作品被译成中文、日文、意大利文、西班牙文和德文，多个国家授予其学术荣誉。

伊斯梅尔·卡达莱（1936―），小说家、诗人。出生于阿尔巴尼亚南部靠近希腊边界的山城吉罗卡斯特，先后求学于地拉那大学和莫斯科高尔基世界文学学院。1950年代开始文学写作，2005年获得首届布克国际文学奖，2009年获得阿斯图里亚斯亲王奖，2015年获得耶路撒冷奖。代表作有《亡军的将领》、《梦宫》、《破碎的四月》等。

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gift...(展开全部)

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gift...(展开全部)

阿敏娜妲·芙娜（Aminatta Forna），生于苏格兰，长于西非，现居伦敦。2007年，被《名利场》评为非洲最重要的新作家之一。 其处女作《在水面跳舞的恶魔》（The Devil That Danced on the Water）获得2003年萨缪尔·约翰逊奖决选，《祖先石》（Ancestor Stones）获得2008年项豪斯顿·莱特遗产奖、都柏林文学奖的提名，及被《华盛顿时报》列为2006年最有影响力的文学作品。 阿敏娜妲也为杂志、报纸、广播和电视写稿，撰写了一部关于非洲历史与艺术的电视纪录片。