perceptive ” work and “ far less adulatory of China ” 11 was published a few years later by the Spanish Jesuit Diego de Pantoja ’ s 龐迪 我 ( 1571-1618 ) as Relaci ó n de la entrada de algunos padres de la Compa ñ ia de Jes ú s en la China. ( Sevilla : por Alonso Rodriguez Gamarra, 1605 ) .
 
Finally, mention should be made of the publication of Matteo Ricci ’ s journals, or commentaries, on which he had been working for some years before his death. His confrere Nicolas Trigault 金尼閣 ( 1577-1628 ) 12 edited and translated the manuscript from Italian into Latin and published it under the title De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas suscepta ab Societate Jesu. Ex P. Matthaei Riccii eiusdem Societatis commentariis Libri V : Ad S.D.N. Paulum V. In Quibus Sinensis Regni mores, leges, atque instituta, & novae illius Ecclesiae difficillima primordia accurate & summa fide describuntur ; auctore P. Nicolao Trigavtio Belga, ex eadem Societate. [ The Christian Expedition among the Chinese undertaken by the Society of Jesus from the commentaries of Fr. Matteo Ricci of the same Society... in which the customs, laws, and principles of the Chinese