Animals, Sages and Saints: Alfonso Vagnone’s Rhetorical Strategy in Chinese Context

Around 1632, while stationed in Shanxi Province (China), the Italian Jesuit Alfonso Vagnone published a pedagogical treatise entitled <i>On the Education of Children</i> (<i>Tongyou jiaoyu</i>) on which he had worked for several years. The book achieves a carefully crafted sy...

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Main Author: Sha Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/6/702