On Friendship: One Hundred Maxims for a Chinese Prince

by Matteo Ricci

"On Friendship, with its total of one hundred sayings, is the perfect gift for friends."--Feng Yingjing, renowned scholar and civic official, 1601

Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) is best known as the Italian Jesuit missionary who brought Christianity to China. He also published a landmark text on friendship--the first book to be written in Chinese by a European--that instantly became a late Ming best seller.

On Friendship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231149247
• ISBN13: 9780231149242
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 7.1"