Question

Which of the following best suggests the significance of Matteo Ricci’s success in getting access to Beijing?(1 point)
Responses

Christianity was becoming an important religion in Ming China.
Christianity was becoming an important religion in Ming China.

Ricci brought Western knowledge and spread it to the Chinese people.
Ricci brought Western knowledge and spread it to the Chinese people.

Ricci was allowed in Beijing because the Europeans had decided to become Chinese tributes.
Ricci was allowed in Beijing because the Europeans had decided to become Chinese tributes.

Ming China efforts to keep Europeans at a distance were failing.

Answer 1

Ricci brought Western knowledge and spread it to the Chinese people.

His access to Beijing reflected Chinese interest in Jesuit scientific and technical knowledge (astronomy, maps, calendrical reform), which the Jesuits used to gain influence and spread Christianity and Western learning.