Manuscript letter in two parts. Some pdf frames represent two leaves of the original.
Title from ARSI page link.

Jap-Sin IV, 5 D

[ Editors’ note: When the author described Jap-Sin IV, 5, its folder D was not in the usual place and folder E only contained the Bouvet letters numbered 6–13. At present folder D contains only one document at the end of which is written “collectionem hanc textuum Sinicorum eorumque versionem factam a Patre Joanne Alexio Gollet s.j. et novem paginas continentem, legi et approbo. Kieou Kiang, die 11 octobris 1725, Julianus Placidus Hervieu s.j. - Japonis Missionis PP. Gallorum in Sinis.” Folder E now also contains the Bouvet letters numbered 1–5, which formerly were in the then missing folder D and are not described in this catalogue. ]

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 524.

Local access dig. pdf. in folder ARSI Jap-Sin I-IV folder under Jap-Sin IV-5D.pdf]
Online at ARSI via Internet Archive.

“ ... after the Edict of Toleration (1692) ... the need for a dialogue had diminished and catechetical writings had become to a greater extent mere expositions of European catechists, while refutation of Chinese teachings, especially of Buddhism and Taoism ... has become sharper. In this regard, the title and the contents of a work published in 1718 are revealing: ‘The true way proved by itself’ (Zhendao zizheng 真道自證), in which the author ... only takes recourse to reason (natural religion) and the Bible (revealed religion); he does not adduce the Chinese Classics and Confucianism for support and is silent on Buddhism and Taoism”--Cf. N. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v.1., p. 614-615.

Cover illustration: Bibliothèque nationale de France. Courant 7049
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20冊.

Local access dig.pdf. in folder: [Andrew Chung Series].