JapSin I, 147
Aijin xing quan 哀矜行詮.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Iacomo Rho).
Three juan. Chinese bamboo paper in two volumes (juan 1–2 and juan 3). No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title in Chinese and a Latin inscription: “Pars 1, De operibus Misericordiae | Liber sinicus editus a Patre | Iacobo Rho Soc^tis Jesu.”

1. The nobility of the works of mercy (juan 1).
2. On the corporal works of mercy (juan 2).
3. On the spiritual works of mercy (juan 3).

In his postscript Cheng Tingrui tells how Rho used to show him a part of the manuscript as soon as he had written it. It took several months to complete the work. Rho later showed the whole manuscript to two of his friends, Wang Yunlai 王雲來 and Wu Zuolang 鄔作郎. Finally, it was shown to Xu Guangqi 徐光啟. Later, when Wang Yuantai read the manuscript he was pleased with it, and at the request of Zhu Maoshan 祝茂善 had the book published.

Cf. Pfister, p. 190, no. 1; Hsü 1949, pp. 70–73; Courant 6869–6871; Couplet, p. 22; BR, p. XXXIV. For the biography of Iacomo Rho (1592–1638), see Pfister, pp. 188–191 and DMB 2:1136–1137.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 194-195.

JapSin I, 147b
Aijin xing quan 哀矜行詮.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Iacomo Rho).

This is a duplicate of Jap-Sin I, 147. The three chüan are bound into one volume.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 196.

147a, 147b, 147c, 147d and 147e: six texts, composed by Iacomo Rho, bound together in one volume European style.]
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 192-194.

Jap-Sin II, 32
Chousuan 籌算.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Giacomo Rho).
One juan. Bound in one volume, European style. No date or place of publication.

The first folio mentions the collection (Xiyang xinfa lishu and the section to which the text belongs: 西洋新法曆書，法數部，籌算, the chief compiler (Xu Guangqi): 明禮部尚書兼翰林院學士協理詹事府事加一級俸徐光啟督修，the author and reviser (Giacomo Rho and Adam Schall): 修政曆法極西耶穌會士羅雅谷撰，湯若望訂，and the proofreaders (Zhu Guoshou, Zhu Guangda, Chen Suoxing, Huang Hongxian, Sun Silie and Jiao Yingxu): 門人朱國壽，朱光大， 陳所性， 黃宏憲， 孫嗣烈，焦應旭受法.

There is a preface, dated 20.III 1628 (Chongzhen 1) by Rho himself, followed by the table of contents of the book. The whole book consists of thirty-nine folios. There are nine columns in each half folio with twenty-one or twenty-two characters to each column. The title of the book and the number of the folio are given in the middle of each folio.

Rho states in his preface that the science of calculation is so widely employed in scientific studies as well as in people’s daily life that it can be called universal. He then goes on to say that though the study of arithmetic was common among his countrymen, those who were poor in memory found it hard to learn. The Napier’s rods method was invented to facilitate the study of arithmetic. It was for this purpose that this book was written in Chinese as a new method to help Chinese students.

Cf. Pfister, p. 191, no. 16 (Arithmétique népérienne, 1 vol.); Couplet, p. 23 (De Arithmetica); Wylie, p. 112 (On the Principle of Napier’s Rods).

Source: Albert Chan, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome (2002), p. 314-315.

Full bibliographic information see Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)
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See: Faguo guojia tushuguan Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 法國國家圖書館明清天主教文獻. Chinese Christian texts from the National Library of France. Textes chrétiens chinois de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

“Taixi Yesuhuishi Luo Yagu yigao 太西耶穌會士羅雅谷遺稿 ; Bai Yingli 柏應理 ; Tonghui Li Leisi ding 同會利類思訂, Lu Riman 魯日滿 ...Yunjian Tianzhutang 雲間天主堂”
“A special tract on praying is Giacomo Rho’s Qiu shuo 求說, which he wrote for the convert Li Zubai 李祖白 (d. 1665) --Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v.1 p. 628.

"一卷, 關於祈禱的方式, 1676年北京出版, 1629 年前後, 此書於終州初版"--HKCDA Borg-Cin. edition note.

Full citation, see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database.

The following citation is for the ARSI edition, but it appears similar to the Borg. Cin ed., cf. Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 197.

JapSin I, 147d
Qiu shuo 求說
By Lo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Iacomo Rho).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. Published by the Catholic Church of Yunjian 雲間 (Jiangsu). No date of publication.

The cover bears the title of the book in Chinese with a Latin inscription: “De finibus | a p. Jac. Rho, S.J.”

The title page bears the title of the book in two large characters; the verso of this folio gives a statement that the book is a posthumous work of Iacomo Rho: 泰西耶穌會士羅雅谷遺稿. The censors are given as Bai Yingli 柏應理 (Philippe Couplet), Li Leisi 利類思 (Lodovico Buglio) and Lu Riman 魯日滿 (François de Rougemont). Permission for publication was given by Nan Huairen 南懷仁 (Ferdinand Verbiest), then Vice-Provincial of the Jesuits in China. The Catholic church of Yunjian is given as the publisher.
There is a table of contents (one folio). Folio 1r gives the title in two large characters. The verso of the folio gives the names of the author: 泰西耶穌會士羅雅谷未韶著, of the recorder: Li Zubai 李祖白 (zi 也甫) and of the reviser: Ai Tinghuai 艾庭槐 (zi 台符). The book consists of thirty-five folios. The upper middle of each folio bears the title, and the number of the folio is marked below the fish-tail.
This book is an instruction, giving a method of prayer. It is concise and clear. Frequently quotations from the Holy Scriptures and sayings of saints are given to illustrate the method of prayer.
Cf. Pfister, p. 190, no. 6; Hsü 1949, p. 77; Couplet, p. 22; Courant 7311–7312.

Mss. ca. 1637. Adapted from Chinese translation of Ambroise Paré’s work on human anatomy, itself based on Peter Uffenbach Thesaurus chirurgiae, Continens praestantissimorum autorum, Utpote Ambrosii Parei, Parisiensis ...’, Frankfort, 1610.
For full bibliographic information see Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).
See also Standaert, "A Chinese translation of Ambroise Paré’s Anatomy" in Sino-Western cultural relations journal 21 (1999), pp.9-33.

See also: 人身圖說五臟軀殼圖形 / 羅雅谷 Iacomo Rho, in this volume pp.127-204.

JapSin II, 28
Richan biao 日躔表.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Giacomo Rho).
Two juan. Bound in one volume, European style (juan A and juan B are inverted). No date or place of publication.

The cover bears a label with the title. The Latin inscription reads: “Calculus motus solis | a p. Jacobo Rho | 2 tomi.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 191, no. 15 (Tables pour calculs de soleil, 2 vol.); Couplet, p. 23 (Omnes tabulae ad absolutum solis calculum spectantes 2 vol.), Hsü 1949, p. 379; Courant 4959, 4960.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 311-312.

JapSin II, 27
Richan lizhi 日躔曆指.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Giacomo Rho).
One juan. Bamboo paper in one volume, European style. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears a label with the title. There is a Latin inscription that reads: “Introductio ad Astro | nomiam | a p. Jac. Rho, S.J.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 191, no. 14 (Théorie du soleil); Couplet, p. 23 (Theoria Solis).
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 310-311.

Full bibliographic citation, see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

JapSin I, 147e
Shengji baiyan 聖記百言.
Translated by Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Iacomo Rho).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. Reprinted by the Catholic Church of Minzhong 閩中 (i.e., Fuzhou, Fujian) in 1633 (Chongzhen 6).

The cover bears the title in Chinese with a Latin inscription: “100 sententiae morales | a p. Jacobo Rho S.J.”

According to the author’s own preface, St. Teresa (of Avila) wrote down a hundred maxims which she thought to be of great help for her spiritual life. Rho had them translated into Chinese. He was able to obtain a preface from Wang Bingyuan through his friend Zhu Maoshan 祝茂善. The postscript of Cheng Tingrui praises the book for its plain language and charming ideas. He observes, however, that “since it was a translation from a Western language into Chinese, here and there in the text there were slight mistakes which I usurped the right to correct before I returned the manuscript to the Master.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 190, no. 3; Hsü 1949, pp. 330–332; Courant 7329–7331; Couplet, p. 22; BR, p. XXXIV.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 197-198.

JapSin I, 147c
Shengmujing jie 聖母經解
By Lo Ya ku 羅雅谷 (Iacomo Rho).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title in Chinese with a Latin inscription: “Explicatio | orationis Angelicae | a P. Jacobo Rho S.J.”

Both the arrangement and the format of this book are the same as those of the Tianzhujing jie 天主經解 (Jap-Sin I,, 147a). The Hail Mary is explained in full. It begins with a general introduction followed by the prayer divided into sections according to its meaning. Especially great attention is given to the explanation of the holy name of Jesus.
Cf. Pfister, p. 190, no. 5; Courant 7316–7318; Couplet, p. 22; BR, p. XXXIV.

Source: Albert Chan, Chinese books and documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 196-197.

Full bibliographical citation, see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

JapSin I, 147a
Tianzhu jingjie 天主經解.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Iacomo Rho).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. Published by the Catholic Church of Peking 金臺景教藏板. No date of publication.

The cover bears the title in Chinese with a Latin inscription: “Explicatio orationis | dominicae | a p. Jac. Rho S.J.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 190, no. 4; Hsü 1949, pp. 25–26; Courant 7313–7315; Couplet, p. 22; BR, p. XXXIV.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 195-196.

Agradecimientos -- Introducción : la llegada de los jesuitas a China. El nacimiento de la Compañía de Jesús. La llegada de los jesuitas a China : Matteo Ricci. La acomodación de los jesuitas en China -- 1. Introducción de la astronomía europea en China. El contexto astronómico europeo. La llegada de los jesuitas astrónomos a la corte de Beijing -- 2. Vida de Giacomo Rho. Nacimiento y procedencia. Formación y viaje de Rho. Papel de Rho en la defensa de Macao contra los holandeses. Ultimos años y muerte de Giacomo Rho -- 3. Un nuevo catálogo de las obras de Rho. Obras religiosas. Obras científicas. Cartas. Conclusión : las obras de Rho rectalogadas -- 4. Matemáticas en China y en Europa en el tiempo de Rho. Las matemáticas en China. Las matemáticas para la Compañía de Jesús. Las matemáticas introducidas por los jesuitas en China. John Napier y su búsqueda de métodos rápidos para calcular -- 5. El Chou Suan de Giacomo Rho. Generalidades y fechas. Aspectos generales del Chou Suan. Fontispicio, prefacio e índice. Primera parte : construcción de las varillas. Segunda parte : las operaciones más simples. Multiplicación y división. Raíz cuadrada. Raíz cúbica. Anexo sobre economía -- 6. Recepción y significado del Chou Suan de Rho. El Chou Suan de Mei Wending. La inculturación en China mediante las matemáticas -- Un breve sobre el trabajo astronómico de Rho -- Conclusión : Rho como matemático y astrónomo en Beijing -- Bibliografía -- Anexos. Anexo A. Documentos procedentes del Archivo Histórico de Macao. A.1. Informaçoěs Comuăs dos Padres que vieram para a China, Com o Padre Nicolao Trigao, no anno de 1620. A2. Morte do Doutor Leam, e do Padre Joaŏ Terencio ambos na Corte, saŏ chamados a ella por ordem Real os Padres Jacome Rho, e Joaŏ Adaŏ. A.3. Carta do Padre Alberto à o Padre Jacome Rho.

A.4. Carta do Pe. Jacome Rho ao Pe. Geronimo Roiz Vizitador da Companhia de Jesus na China, e Japaŏ A.4. Carta do Pe. Jacome Rho ao Pe. Geronimo Roiz Vizitador da Companhia de Jesus na China, Japaŏ. A.5. Cristiandades soguitas à Corte de Pekim e Morte do Padre Jacome Rho. Capitulo 8°. A.6. La morte do Padre Jacome Rho. A.7. Do estado em que estado estaŏ as couzas do Calendario. A.8. Do Estado do Calendario -- Anexo B. Información sobre Giacomo Rho (Luo Yagu) en el Chou Ren Zhuan -- Anexo C. Situación de las obras científicas de Rho en el Si Ku Quan Shu -- Anexo D. Fotografías de la estela conmemorativa de Giacomo Rho -- Anexo E. El Chou Suan.

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JapSin II, 26
Wuwei biao 五緯表.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Giacomo Rho).
Ten juan and one introductory juan. Bamboo paper in eleven volumes, bound in one volume, European style.
No date or place of publication.

The cover bears a label with the title and a Latin inscription: “Motus quinque | planetarum | a patre Jac. Rho | S.J. | Continet 10 tomos: praeter hunc praeliminarem.”

Juan 1: Folio 1r bears the following title: 西洋曆法新法曆書，法數部，五緯表一，土星上. This volume deals with the planet Saturn (part 2). The chief compilers, the author and the reviser are the same as in the preliminary juan (see above). The proofreaders are: Wei Banglun 魏邦綸, Bao Yingqi 鮑英齊, Zhu Tingshu, Song Fa 宋發, Li Cibin 李次[广+木+木+木+木+彡], and Sun Youben 孫有本.
Juan 2: This section details Saturn (part 2). The proofreaders are: Huang Hongxian 黃宏憲, Zhang Youzhuan 掌有篆, Zhu Tingshu, Liu Yunde 劉蘊德, Wu Mingzhu, and Wu Zhiyan 武之彥.
Juan 3: The planet Jupiter is discussed (part 1). The proofreaders are: Yang Zhihua 楊之華, Zhou Shitai 周士泰, Zhu Tingshu, Liu Youtai 劉有泰, Cheng Tingrui 程廷瑞, and Zuo Yunhe 左允和.
Juan 4: This section also deals with the planet Jupiter (part 2). The proofreaders are: Pan Guoxiang 潘國祥, Zhou Shicui 周士萃, Zhu Tingshu, Ge Jiwen 戈繼文, Wei Banglun 魏邦綸, and Xu Huan 徐瑍.
Juan 5 & 6: Discusses the planet Mars (part 1–2). The proofreaders are: Zhu Guangda 朱光大, Jia Liangqi, Zhu Tingshu, Liu Youqing, Zhang Caichen 張寀臣, and Song Fa.
Juan 7: In this section the planet Venus is illustrated (part 1). The proofreaders are: Zhu Guoshou 朱國壽, Zhu Tingshu, Zhu Guangxian 朱光顯, Huang Hongxian, and Song Keli 宋可立.
Juan 8: This sections also deals with the planet Venus (part 2). The proofreaders are: Zhu Maoyuan, Zhang Cheng 掌乘, Zhu Tingshu, Li Zubai, Yang Zhihua, and Song Kecheng 宋可成.
Juan 9: The planet Mercury is described here (part 1). The proofreaders are: Zhu Guangda, Zhang Cheng, Zhu Tingshu, Li Zubai, Song Fa, and Jiao Yingxu 焦應旭.
Juan 10: This section continues to detail the planet Mercury (part 2). The proofreaders are: Huang Hongxian, Jia Liangqi, Zhu Tingshu, Liu Youtai, Pan Guoxiang, and Jiao Yingxu.

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 309-310.

JapSin II, 25
Wuwei lizhi 五緯曆指.
By Luo Yagu 羅雅谷 (Giacomo Rho).
Nine juan. Bamboo paper in nine ce bound in one volume, European style.

The cover bears a label with the title and a Latin inscription: “Modus calculandi | motus quinque | planetarum | a p. Jac. Rho, S.J. | 9 tomi.”

1. Hengxing lizhi 恆星曆指 (Theory on the fixed stars) by Adam Schall (juan 1–4),
2. Yueli lizhi 月離曆指 (Theory on the moon) by Giacomo Rho (juan 5–8),
3. Jiaoshi lizhi 交食曆指 (Theory on the eclipse of the sun and moon) by Adam Schall (juan 9–15),
4. Richan lizhi 日躔曆指 (Theory on the sun) by Giacomo Rho (juan 25).

Although this book is part of the Chongzhen lishu, the edition is that of 1645 (Shunzhi 2), when the collection was reduced to 103 juan with a new title Xiyang xinfa lishu 西洋新法曆書 (cf. Hsü 1949, pp. 239–253).
Students who were being trained in the Western method served in the Astronomical Bureau. Their names appear in this book and can be seen at the beginning of each juan; seemingly they were the proofreaders. Some of them appear more than once. Zhu Tingshu 朱廷樞, in particular, appears in all the juan. The following are their names as they appear in different juan:

Juan 16: Cheng Tingrui, Song Kecheng, Zhu Tingshu, Zhu Guangxian, Li Cibin, and Pan Guoxiang (the six aforementioned students).

Juan 17: Wang Yinglin 王應遴, Ge Jiwen 戈繼文, Zhu Tingshu, Zhou Shitai 周世泰, Wu Mingzhu 鄔明著, Xu Huan 徐瑍.
Juan 18: Cheng Tingrui, Zhou Shicui 周士萃, Zhu Tingshu, Liu Youtai 劉有泰, Chen Shilan 陳士蘭, Yin Kai 殷鎧.
Juan 19: Zhou Yin 周胤, Sun Youben 孫有本, Zhu Tingshu, Bao Yingqi 鮑英齊, Zuo Yunhe 左允和, Liu Yunde 劉蘊德.
Juan 20: Jia Liangdong 賈良棟, Zhang Youzhuan 掌有篆, Zhu Tingshu, Zhou Shichang 周士昌, Cheng Tingrui, Wu Zhiyan 武之彥.
Juan 21: Yang Zhihua 楊之華, Li Hua 李華, Zhu Tingshu, Chen Zhengjian 陳正諫, Huang Hongxian 黃宏憲, Song Keli 宋可立.
Juan 22: Liu Youqing 劉有慶, Li Zubai 李祖白, Zhu Tingshu, Zhu Guangda 朱光大, Cheng Tingrui, Song Fa 宋發.
Juan 23: Zhu Guoshou 朱國壽, Jia Liangqi 賈良琦, Zhu Tingshu, Jiao Yingxu 焦應旭, Huang Hongxian, Liu Youtai.
Juan 24: Ge Chengke 戈承科, Xu Huan, Zhu Tingshu, Zhang Cheng 掌乘, Zhu Guoshou, Liu Yunde.

Most of these students continued to serve at the Astronomical Bureau under the Qing dynasty as we see in the memorial to the throne written in 1644 (Shunzhi 1, cf. Jap-Sin II, 37). Many of them had been Christians (cf. Jap-Sin, 157), among whom was Li Zubin, the son of Li Zhizao. Five of them, Li Zubai, Song Kecheng, Song Fa, Zhu Guangxian, and Liu Youtai lost their lives during the persecution of Yang Guangxian 楊光先 in 1665 (Kangxi 4). Many of the names in our list appear in the memorials to the throne of Xu Guangqi (cf. Wang Zhongmin 王重民, Xu Guangqi ji 徐光啟集, Shanghai, 1963, juan B, pp. 392, 394, 401, 427–429). This shows that they served the Ming and the Qing government.

Liu Yunde (zi 素公, 1628–1707), one of the proofreaders (ch. 19 and 24), was a native of Huguang province. He was vice-president (you jianfu 右監副) of the Imperial Observatory. During the Kangxi period he was sent to Shanxi to supervise mining. Later he lost his office as the result of a calumny. It was then that he turned to Christianity and was baptized by Ferdinand Verbiest as Basilius (Blaise) and took his European name, Verbiest. In 1684 he became a Jesuit and in 1688 he was ordained priest in Nanjing, together with the renowned Chinese painter Wu Li 吳歷 (1631–1718) and (Paulus) Wan Qiyuan 萬其淵 (zi 三泉, 1635–1700) by the first Chinese bishop, Luo Wenzao 羅文藻 (known to Europeans as Gregorio López). For many years Liu worked in Shanghai and Nanjing. He died in Nanjing in 1707 (cf. Pfister, pp. 402–403; JWC 2:227–230; Répertoire, p. 288; SF, vol. VI, p. 646).
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 306-309.

"... Zhuzhi qunzheng (On Divine Providence, 2 juan, 1636), a translation of Leonard Lessius De Providentia Numinis (1613). The first juan contains...an explanation of human anatomy and physiology, especially the intricate network of bones, veins, arteries and nerves, to show that this must have been created by a divine being." --(Cf. N. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 790)

明末清初耶穌會思想文獻匯編 = An expository collection of the Christian philosophical works between the end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the Qing dynasty in China ; 第16冊.

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