Latin diary covering the period 15 June 1747-1 January 1764 (Sichuan). Inventories of house furniture.

"André Ly (Li), a native of Chenggu 城固 (Shaanxi) went to Siam in 1710 and was ordained twelve years later. By 1726 he returned to China, spent six years in Fujian and some time in Huguang en route to Sichuan. When Li entered Chengdu 成都 there were three Chinese priests in the province. Li is best known for his diary, which he began in 1742 and continued to 1763. Composed of letters that he sent each year to Macao, though the early ones up to 1745 are not extant, this diary describes his work among the Christians throughout Sichuan with a concentration in the villages near Chengdu. After 1763 he retired to a neighboring Christian community where he died in 1774. Li was known to local officials as a priest and his church was recognized as such. He describes the Christians as poor, illiterate, ignorant and at times even quarrelsome."-- Cf. Handbook of Christianity in China, p. 465.
See also MEP Archives.
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Cover: Stone rubbing from the tombstone of Fr. António de Magalhães (1692-1735) at Zhalan Cemetery, Beijing. -- Necrology of Dr. John Dragon Young (楊意龍博士)(1949-1996) -- R. Entenmann, Andreas Ly (Li Ande 李安德) on the First Jinchuan War in Western Sichuan (1747-1949) -- E. Menegon, Newly Available Manchu Documents Pertaining to Sino-Western Relations in the Kangxi Period.
Reviews: Edward Malatesta, Departed, Yet Present: Zhalan, the Oldest Christian Cemetery in Beijing (D.E.Mungello); Mme de Bossierre, Jean-François Gerbillon, S.J. (1654-1707), un des Cinq Mathématiciens Envoyés en Chine par Louis XIV (Rita Widmaier). News: Symposium on the History of Christianity in China (Hong Kong, 1996). Report on the Research Project “A Confucian Reflection on the Enlightenment Mentality” (Dominic Sachsenmaier).

N.B. Dr. Menegon translates Kangxichao Manwen zhupi zouzhe quanyi 康熙朝滿文朱批奏折全譯 as: A translation of the complete collection of Manchu language secret memorials with vermilion endorsements of the Kangxi period. He notes: "Approximately 125 Manchu memorials deal with the presence of the Jesuits at the Qing court, the Tournon legation, and Qing relations with Western powers..." and lists their occurences.
N.B. Translated passages from Ly’s journal cover the First Jinchuan 金川 War (1747-1749) fought between the Qing and the rGyal-rong people of the Sichuan-Tibetan frontier.