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CharlesSun · Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 2 Home Country: china

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY
- Shanghai –
Matteo Ricci’s Memory Palace

The great Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci, died this month in 1610. To commemorate his work, the Royal Asiatic Society is pleased to offer a free lecture by Mr. Paolo Sabbatini, a distinguished Italian scholar.

Matteo Ricci was the first European since Marco Polo 200 years earlier to live and work in China. He rediscovered China for the West, spending almost thirty years here, and died in Beijing where his tomb still stands. He had studied science in Rome and brought the latest discoveries and ideas of the Renaissance with him. Living first like a Buddhist monk and then a Confucian scholar, he mastered similar interests here. One particular fascination was the structure of the Chinese language. With his logical and highly trained mind, he developed a system for both Chinese and Westerners to remember words and ideas, which he called a Memory Palace. He left some writings on it without, however, ever explaining it in detail.

Paolo Sabbatini has studied the “Art of Memory” for many years and has organized a possible reconstruction of Matteo Ricci’s system, which he is willing to share with those interested.

Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Deke Erh Art Center, Taikang Lu, Lane 210, Building No. 2B, Shanghai

All are welcome. This is a Regular Meeting of the Society. There will be a charge of 50 RMB per person for unlimited coffee or tea.

CharlesSun · Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 2 Home Country: china

The position of Taikang Road:
Near the crossing of Nanbei Gaojia Lu （南北高架路）and Zhaojiabang Lu（肇嘉浜路）。

Take buses to Taikang Road: 
Get off at the Dapuqiao Station: 43, 985, 820, 931, 303, 984, 218, 146, 41, 806, 304.
 Get off at the Ruijin Hospital Station: 128, 41, 955, 104.

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From Shanghai Main Station（上海火车站）to Taikang Road（泰康路）:
* (a) Take the Subway #1, get off at the Huangpi Nanlu station. (b) Then take a taxi.
从上海火车站出发，乘坐地铁一号线，在黄陂南路下车，然后乘出租车到泰康路。
* (4.47 Km): Bus 955 (Lingzhao Xincun – Shanghai Main Station), get off at the Ruijin Hospital station.
从上海火车站出发，乘坐955路（凌兆新村－上海火车站），抵达瑞金医院。约4.47公里。
* (5.25 Km): Bus 41 (Longhua – Tianmu Dong Lu), get off at the Ruijin Hospital station.
从上海火车站出发，乘坐41路（龙华－天目东路)，抵达瑞金医院。约5.25公里。
* (5.66 Km): Bus 104 (Longhua – Shanghai Main Station), get off at the Ruijn Hospital station.
从上海火车站出发，乘坐104路（龙华西路龙华－上海火车站），抵达瑞金医院。约5.66公里。

From Shanghai South Station（上海南站火车站）to Taikang Road（泰康路）:
* (a) Take the Subway #1, get off at the Huangpi Nanlu station. (b) Then take a taxi.
从上海南站出发，乘坐地铁一号线，在黄陂南路下车，然后乘出租车到泰康路。
* (7.79 Km): (a) Take the Subway #1, get off at the Xujiahui Station. (b) Then take the bus 820, get off at the Dapuqiao Station.
从上海南站出发，乘坐地铁一号线（莘庄－共富新村），在徐家汇换乘820路（长桥新村－瑞金南路打浦桥），抵达瑞金南路打浦桥。约7.79公里。
* (7.81 Km): (a) Take the Subway #1, get off at the Xujiahui Station. (b) Then take the bus 984, get off at the Dapuqiao Station.
从上海南站出发，乘坐地铁一号线（莘庄－共富新村），在徐家汇换乘984路（永业路－裕德路(上海体育馆)），抵达打浦桥。约7.81公里。
* (7.81 Km): (a) Take the Subway #1, get off at the Xujiahui Station. (b) Then take the bus 43, get off at the Dapuqiao Station.
从上海南站出发，乘坐地铁一号线（莘庄－共富新村），在徐家汇换乘43路下行（虹漕南路江安路－南浦大桥），抵达打浦桥。约7.81公里。
* (7.95 Km): (a) Take the Subway #1, get off at the Xujiahui Station. (b) Then take the bus 931, get off at the Dapuqiao Station.
从上海南站出发，乘坐地铁一号线（莘庄－共富新村），在徐家汇换乘931路（南浦大桥－金汇路），抵达打浦桥。约7.95公里。

Or the easiest way: Taking a taxi from Shanghai Main Station to the Taikang Road: 6.75 Km.