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When Father Matteo Ricci and his fellow Jesuit missionaries visited Beijing in 1601, they brought two clocks of Italian design as gifts for the Emperor Wan Li. The larger of the two astounded his courtiers, Ricci later wrote, because it was "a work the like of which had never been seen, nor heard in Chinese history...
Part of the explanation is the dominant role in China's history played by the bureaucracy, which was intensely conservative, and by Confucian philosophy, which emphasized order, continuity and stability. Ricci noted that the Chinese word for their country, Thienhia, meant "everything under the heavens." Believing that China was superior to other nations, officials of the imperial court were leery of innovation and humiliated to learn that something had been done better elsewhere. Like its artists, historian J.M. Roberts notes, China's governing elite "strove to imitate and emulate the best, but the best was always past...
...ADDAMS FAMILY. This elegant spin-off from the Charles Addams drawings and the '60s TV series is worth seeing for the casting alone: Anjelica Huston as Morticia, Raul Julia as Gomez, Christina Ricci as the elfin ghoul Wednesday. A one-joke movie -- every gag is about the aristocracy of decay -- but handsomely told...
...Black Bears were simply no match for the Crimson's firepower, as Harvard pounded Maine's goalie Donna Ricci with 22 shots on goal...
...fall of Kuwait has had a direct effect on French perfume manufacturers, who last year exported more than $20 million of their luxury staples to the emirate. Some couture designers, including Nina Ricci, have also lost business, since some of their best customers were Kuwaitis...