The memory palace of Matteo Ricci

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• ilamont · May 22, 2018 · Recommends

  …from other states were expected to behave in a different manner. A great read on the early Jesuit missions to China (as well as insights into the late stages of the Ming Dynasty) is Ross Terrill's The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

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• twblalock · May 22, 2018 · Recommends

  I think you meant to credit Jonathan Spence for The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci. It is indeed very good.

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• jfb · Jan 18, 2016 · Recommends

  The method of loci are the jumping off point in Jonathan Spence's marvelous The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci.

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• porpoisely · Dec 31, 2018 · Recommends

  If you are interested in memory techniques, there is a good book with an interesting historical backdrop of a catholic clergyman who traveled to china. "The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci" by Jonathan Spence

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• ilamont · Apr 1, 2011 · Mentions

  There's a book by Jonathon Spence called the Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, describing the life of an Italian Jesuit who lived in China and was an advisor to the court (I can't recall if it was late Ming or early Qing, but it was in the 17th century). Besides sharing advanced…

  on “Learn to remember everything: The memory palace technique” ↗