A Study on the Cross-cultural Integration of the Parable of the Musicians’ Performance in <i>Ten Chapters from an Extraordinary Man</i>

LI Anheng

doi:10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20258206

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LI Anheng. A Study on the Cross-cultural Integration of the Parable of the Musicians’ Performance in Ten Chapters from an Extraordinary Man[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2025, 8(2): 121-131. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20258206

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LI Anheng. A Study on the Cross-cultural Integration of the Parable of the Musicians’ Performance in Ten Chapters from an Extraordinary Man[J]. International Comparative Literature, 2025, 8(2): 121-131. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20258206

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A Study on the Cross-cultural Integration of the Parable of the Musicians’ Performance in Ten Chapters from an Extraordinary Man

doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20258206

LI Anheng

Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology

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LI Anheng is an associate professor at the School of Foreign Languages， Guangzhou Institute of Science and Technology. He holds a PhD in literature from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. His main research interests lie in the areas of comparative literature and culture， transcultural studies， and foreign literature and culture. Recently，he is dedicated to the studies of Matteo Ricci and comparative philosophy between China and the West.
Received Date: 2024-02-20
Accepted Date: 2025-01-01

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Matteo Ricci was a cultural messenger between East and West in the sixteenth and the early seventeenth centuries.The parable of the musicians’ performance in Ten Chapters from an Extraordinary Man is a metaphorical story that Ricci used to preach European Catholic ethics.This paper employs a comparative cultural approach to explore the logical relationship between Ricci’s parable of the musicians’ performance and the Buddhist parable of the performers’ show in One Hundred Buddhist Fables,analyzing the distinctions and correlations between Catholicism and Buddhism regarding their world views and life views,while also inquiring into the generation mechanism of the parable of the musicians’ performance.The research reveals that the parable of the musicians’ performance is not a singular Catholic metaphor,but rather a new hybrid product of the integration of diverse Eastern and Western cultures,serving as a classic example of cultural exchange and mutual learning between East and West.
- Ten Chapters from an Extraordinary Man,
- Matteo Ricci,
- the parable of the musicians’ performance,
- cross-cultural integration

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