When the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci came to Nanjing in 1595, the 23rd year of the Ming dynasty Wan Li emperor's reign, he judged it the greatest and most beautiful city in all the world.
傳教士利瑪竇在明朝萬曆廿三年到達南京，認為它是全世界最美、最偉大的城市。