Secretary of the General Inspection lof Mnstruction at the court of Peking, his presence there was of untold advantage to the missi aries fu the capital.
By the fact that a was a Christian, negligible quantity. Moreover, regular lessons in mathematics which he took from Father Ricci attracted wide notice. The curio Ino longer feared to make inquiries about, the religion of the Occident, and to seek Sions began to multiply in the court and in the province, Most of all at this epoch Dr. Paul aided Father Ricei in the composition and transla~ tion of many books on science and jon. He knew his people, and Knew that if the missionaries' sueceeded in converting the intellectual class, the rest would follow. Not uly" he encourage the frat te thers in the hanklers ask of books into Style with all the elegance which only a man who passed for the most skilful and intelligent littératewr in li China could command.—More= over, Paul's personal "writings, eloquent defences of the Christian doctrine, were circulated widely among. the mandarins of the Em-ive, aiding much for the conserva: ion' and propagation of the faith.
Paul, who in 1608 urged
wy, Shanghai, The Father to evangeline hit went thither, converted the entire Siu, or Zi, family and soon was able to attract the most distinguished Chinese of the town to his beautiful chapel, built by Dr. Paul In 1616 trouble started at Nanking, Ab first there was question of "confiscating everything that belonged to the Christians but through the influence of Dr, Paul the tomb of Father Ricci and the church adjoining it were spared. Tt during this persecution that the great Icttré made a passionate plea for the missionaries in a long letter addressed to the Emperor to refute the lo by their ante "qf yot do not believe that the Christian religion ix true," he ead the books, teach. If our books contain any evil doctrines, Tet the responsibility fall upon mei et me be exiled, or punished in any other way you desire, Moreover, if the foreign missionaries cannot overcome the monks in disputation, ct the foreigners be immediately expelled, and 1am willing: to have nilieted on myself, my fortune and riy family, any other punishments due to them!"
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