Everything about Nicolas Trigault totally explained
Nicolas Trigault (
1577-
1629) was a French
Jesuit, and a
missionary to
China. He was also known for his
latinised name
Trigautius or
Trigaultius.
Born in
Douai (then part of the
Spanish Netherlands, today part of
France), he became a Jesuit in 1594. He arrived at
Nanking in 1611, and began his missionary work there. He died at
Hangzhou, China.
Trigault edited, translated (from Italian into Latin), and published in 1615
Matteo Ricci's "China Journal", or
De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas. The work was translated into many European languages and widely read.
He produced the first system of
Chinese Romanisation in 1626, in his work
Xiru Ermu Zi (西儒耳目資 "Aid to the Eyes and Ears of Western Literati"). Aided by a converted Chinese, he also produced the first Chinese version of
Aesop's Fables (況義 "Analogy"), published in 1625.
Publications
- De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas, Nicolas Trigault and Matteo Ricci
- Xiru Ermu Zi (西儒耳目資 "Aid to the Eyes and Ears of Western Literati")
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