The Taipei Ricci Institute (TRI) is one of the Ricci Institutes, in Taipei, Taiwan.
Heir to the spirit of Matteo Ricci’s methods of evangelization in China in the 17th century, the Taipei Ricci Institute (TRI, Institut Ricci de Taipei) was established in 1966 by Father Yves Raguin, S.J. (1912-1998) and other Jesuits sinologists who were working on a multi-linguistic dictionary project launched around 1950 in Macau. Working on Chinese’s languages and religions, this institution revived the “Bureau d’Etudes Sinologiques” created in 1892 by the French Jesuits of Shanghai and its publication “Variétés Sinologiques”. The TRI still keeps the editorial direction of the Variétés sinologiques today.
In fact, what is now known as the “Taipei Ricci Institute” was and is officially named “Ricci Institute, Center for Chinese Studies”. The creation of other Ricci Institutes has enlarged the network and the influences of this institution.
Read more about Taipei Ricci Institute: Works, TRI Publications, Bibliography
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