Michele Ruggieri, SJ was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary. A founding father of the Jesuit China missions, co-author of the first European-Chinese dictionary, and first European translator of the Four Books of Confucianism, he has been described as the first European sinologist.
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About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1543 to 1607 · aged 63
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