Early Missionary Work by the Society of Jesus and a Comparison of Traditional Society Backgrounds between Ancient China and Japan;
Trade Activities of Society of Jesus in the 16-17th Century in Japan;
A Study on Mission Theory and Mission Methods of the Early Order of the Society of Jesus;
Then Matteo Ricci had made full use of the mission theory of the Society of Jesus in China.
One characteristic of Christian humanism education of the Society of Jesus is the combination of theology and science. It made Matteo Ricci a knowledgeable and well-educated missionary, who had both humanism and rationalist thought.
By analyzing the deportation order released by Kangxi and Toyotomi,we can see that the failure of preaching by the Society of Jesus was due mainly to the culture factors in China. However,in Japan,the failure,to a large extent,was the result from the individual authority of the governing class.
