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The '''Nanjing incident of 1616''', or the '''Nanjing Church incident''' ({{zh|c=南京教案}}), was a set-back for [[Christianity in China]] after the initial success of [[Matteo Ricci]] and other members of the [[Jesuit China mission]] to use western science and technology to integrate themselves into the [[Ming Dynasty]] bureaucracy and [[scholar-bureaucrat|scholarly]] culture.

The incident was instigated by the vice-minister and the acting [[Minister of Rites]], with the support of others throughout the bureaucracy.<ref name="jury">Renn, Jürgen. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zNiDn6_kioAC&pg=PA280 The Globalization of Knowledge in History]''. Epubli, 2012. {{ISBN|3844222383}}, 9783844222388. Accessed 14 Oct 2012.</ref> Members of the Jesuit mission, who had become less accommodating towards traditional Chinese rituals since the death of Ricci in 1610, were put on trial for their actions in the dual capitals [[Beijing]] and [[Nanjing]]. Of the twelve missionaries in China at the time (all Jesuit), four were banished to [[Macau|Macao]], and the remaining eight retired from public life and ceased publication of religious and scientific works until 1622.<ref name="jury"/>

==See also==
* [[Jesuit China missions]]
* [[Chinese Rites controversy]]

==Sources==
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[[Category:1616 in China]]
[[Category:History of Christianity in China]]
[[Category:Catholicism in China]]
[[Category:Religion in the Ming dynasty]]


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