Prince of Chaos

Chapter 195 Although I wear a Confucian shirt, my heart is still the Lord's heart
Just when Zhu Changluo was thinking about Matteo Ricci, Matteo Ricci had already started to slowly head towards Nanjing, another capital of Ming Dynasty.

The reason why Matteo Ricci wanted to come to Nanjing was not because he was tired of staying in Zhaoqing, Quanzhou and other places, but because he wanted to preach and build a church at that time, but was not recognized by the local people, and he was often opposed by the local gentry. His home in Guangdong was vandalized by Han people many times, and even he himself was attacked at home.

These unpleasant experiences also led to Matteo Ricci's lifelong lameness.In the end, as a last resort, Matteo Ricci had to keep moving to avoid the attacks of the locals.

The reason why he wants to come to Nanjing now is also because he has found an excellent reason.

An official in Nanjing fell ill, so Matteo Ricci recommended himself to the local officials and went to Nanjing to help the sick official to see a doctor. From this, Matteo Ricci embarked on the road to Nanjing.

After arriving in Nanjing, Matteo Ricci met his life confidant Xu Guangqi here, but this is all for later.

Because Matteo Ricci, who just arrived in Nanjing, did not change his life just because he changed a place.After he arrived in Nanjing, he was still as unpopular as when he was in Guangdong and Guangxi.

The people of Ming Dynasty who have been secluded from the country for hundreds of years have never seen a blond European, so many people feel a little uneasy and afraid of him.

At the same time, these ordinary people also felt that Matteo Ricci's beliefs seemed to be deviant and mysterious, so they were unwilling to let him stay in Nanjing.

In desperation, Matteo Ricci had no choice but to settle down in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and finally obtained the "Daming Green Card" in Nanchang, that is, the right of residence.

The failure in Nanjing made Matteo Ricci a painful experience, and he also began to reflect on his way of preaching.

Matteo Ricci believed that missionary work must choose a new way to adapt to the Ming people.

Therefore, Matteo Ricci decided to "curve to save the country" and do as the Romans do!
First, Matteo Ricci took off his priest's robe and put on Confucian uniforms worn by scholars of the Ming Dynasty to attract the public to join the group. Second, Matteo Ricci began to use his extraordinary memory to make friends with dignitaries.

Facts have proved that Matteo Ricci used the right method this time.Wearing a Confucian shirt, he spoke words that are about Zhe Ye, and he was quickly accepted by the scholar-bureaucrat class.

Of course, this process was also long. During his stay in Nanchang, Matteo Ricci felt that his identity was not easily accepted by the people of Ming Dynasty.So he learned from the painful experience and insisted on putting on the Confucian shirt.

And the Confucian shirt he was wearing was the silk Confucian clothing he had made when he lived in Shaozhou.

The reason why she wears such good clothes is to look like a high-ranking official, elegant and kind.

And Matteo Ricci also personally told his companions, saying: "From now on, we have become Confucianists and no longer monks. After all, monks have a low status in China and are difficult to be respected. After becoming Confucianists, we can participate in Gatherings among bureaucrats can accommodate a lot of students, which is perfect for spreading the Christian faith! So, remember to wear Confucian uniforms."

With this thought in mind, every time he went out, Matteo Ricci would call some servants and take a sedan chair to attract the attention of Ming people. When people saw him wearing high-end Confucian shirts, they naturally looked at him. Also generate curiosity and affection.

In this way, with such persistence, Matteo Ricci's strategy really worked.

People in Nanchang like to wear Confucian shirts, and when they see him in this way, they will come to meet and talk with him, and show their friendly self-cultivation.

And those who have communicated with Matteo Ricci will also be amazed at his excellent Chinese ability, as well as Matteo Ricci's knowledge and cultivation of Confucian culture.

Just such an eloquent foreign Confucian scholar became famous in Nanchang. After becoming famous, Matteo Ricci gave himself a "character" that only cultural talents have, called: Xitai.

Now, Matteo Ricci's Confucian image is more deeply rooted in the body and mind, especially in the face of Confucian culture with strong cultural inclusiveness, Matteo Ricci's appearance definitely has an advantage, because China has been paying attention to cultural recognition since ancient times , as long as the same culture is recognized, even if it is a different race, Confucianism can assimilate him into one race.On the contrary, even if they have the same appearance and the same blood, as long as they do not recognize the same culture, they are traitors who have forgotten their ancestors!

Gradually, Matteo Ricci's reputation spread to the ears of dignitaries, and he became the guest of Wang Zuo, the prefect of Nanchang, and Lu Wankai, the governor.

After they got to know Matteo Ricci's knowledge and conversation, they naturally regarded Matteo Ricci as a believer in Confucianism, and allowed Matteo Ricci to live in Nanchang, and sent his subordinates to protect him at any time. Got the "Daming Green Card"!
However, Matteo Ricci, who put on a Confucian shirt and spoke Chinese, never forgot his original aspiration. He traveled [-] miles to Daming just to spread the glory of Christianity.

After getting the attention of the Ming people, Matteo Ricci, in order to preach to the Ming people, came up with some clever tricks to attract the scholars and bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty, that is, his "magic memory technique"!
At that time, Matteo Ricci was often invited to attend official gatherings.At the banquet, whenever an official saw this eloquent and eloquent golden-haired curly-haired Westerner, he couldn't help but want to write a Chinese character to testify to Ricci.

And Matteo Ricci can quickly remember the Chinese characters written by these strange officials every time, and quickly copy them down.This surprised everyone present and called it a "magic mnemonic".If things go on like this, after the news spread, many people brought gift money to Matteo Ricci's residence to learn from him, hoping to become Ricci's disciples.

In this way, Matteo Ricci's missionary career finally opened a light.

After having his own disciples, Matteo Ricci naturally became more familiar with the communication skills between literati and bureaucrats.

Encouraged by his disciples, Ricci also wrote his technique into a book, named "Xi Guo Ji Fa", and gave it to Jiangxi governor Lu Wankai. Everbright culture, the concept of inheriting culture, ordered people to print this "Xiguo Ji Fa", so that this book can be circulated among scholars, so that readers who are willing to learn the method of memory can learn from "Xi Guo Ji Fa" here And memorize more article knowledge.

In this way, under the long-term efforts of Matteo Ricci, almost all scholars in Nanchang and Nanjing became fond of interacting with Matteo Ricci, and even welcomed Matteo Ricci to come to preach.

Later, in the continuous accumulation of fame, Matteo Ricci was finally invited by a cultural figure!He finally stepped into the boundary of Nanjing again with boundless glory.

This bigwig in the cultural world is Taishi Jiaohong (hóng) who resigned from office at home!
The reason why Jiao Hong invited Matteo Ricci was because he had a strong interest in academic knowledge and liked to make friends. He wanted to communicate with him after hearing about Ricci's strange people and stories.So, I invited him to my home for a chat.

And it was at Jiao Hong's home that Matteo Ricci finally met his destined soulmate—Xu Guangqi!

(End of this chapter)