473 years ago today, on October 6, 1552 (September 19, 1552 lunar calendar), Matteo Ricci, an Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar from China, was born. Matteo Ricci? (October 6, 1552 - May 11, 1610), an Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar, came to live in China during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. His original name was literally translated into Chinese as Matteo Leach, and Matteo Ricci was his Chinese name, known as Xitai, Qingtai, and Xijiang. He was highly respected by scholars in China and was honored as "Taixi Confucian". He was one of the pioneers of Catholic missions in China and the first Western scholar to read Chinese literature and study Chinese classics. In addition to spreading Catholic teachings, he also made friends with Chinese officials and celebrities, and disseminated Western astronomy, mathematics, geography and other scientific and technological knowledge. His writings not only made important contributions to Sino-Western exchanges, but also had an important impact on the understanding of Western civilization in Japan and countries on the Korean Peninsula. Comment: Promoted cultural exchanges between the East and the West.