JapSin I, 112
Shanzhong zhugong guili 善終助功規例.
By Fu Ruowang 伏若望 (João Fróis, 1591–1638).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title Tianzhong zhugong 天終助功 and a Latin inscription: “Methodus adiuvandi | moribundos | a p. Joanne Froes, S.J.”

The frontispiece bears the emblem of the Society of Jesus. The back of this folio gives the title together with the name of the author and those of the censors: Yang Manuo 陽馬諾 (Manuel Dias Jr.), Guo Jujing 郭居靜 (Lazzaro Cattaneo) and Li Ningshi 黎寧石 (Pedro Ribeiro, 1570–1640). Permission for publication was granted by Fu Fanji 傅汎際 (Francisco Furtado).
There are ninety-six folios in the entire book, which starts with an introduction by the author (three folios). Each half folio consists of six divisions; each division has two columns with eleven characters in each column. The prayers are given in large characters while the explanations of the rituals are given in small characters. The upper middle of each folio bears the title Shanzhong zhugong 善終助功. The number of each folio is given below the fish-tail. This book is designed to help in preparing the dying for a happy death. The material is mostly taken from the Rituale Romanum. Pfister (p. 187) does not seem to mention this book. He attributes three works to Fróis:

1. Zhu shanzhong jing 助善終經 (Prayers to help toward a good death).
2. Wushang jing li guicheng 五傷經禮規程 (The method of venerating the five wounds of Our Lord).
3. Ku'nan daowen 苦難禱文 (Litanies of the Passion).

He then adds under number 4: “Le P. Sotwel cite encore: De adjuvandis christianis morti proximis; en chinois: 善終助功 Chan tchong tchou kong, Méthode pour assister les mourants, qui semble se confondre avec l’ouvrage n^o l, Bibl. Nat., 1 vol., nouv. fonds chinois, 2768. (Cordier, L’Imprimerie, p. 25).”
We do not doubt that these two books, Shanzhong zhugong (guili) and Zhu shanzhongjing are one and the same (cf. BR, p. XXXV: librum de juvandis illis qui sunt in articulo mortis, cui titulus Xen chung cu cung); they were given different titles and this caused confusion.

Cf. Courant 7350 (without title, 96 folios, Nouveau fonds 2768), 7351, 7352; Couplet, p. 22; Jap-Sin I, 186.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 161-162.

Shanzhong zhugong guili 善終助功規例 / [Fu Ruowang zhu 伏若望著].
OCLC record and series table of contents substitute 諸 for 助.

JapSin I, 186
Shanzhong zhugong guili 善終助功規例
By Fu Ruowang 伏若望 (João Fróis, 1591–1638).
One juan. Bamboo paper in one volume.
Reprinted by the Yuedantang 曰旦堂at Jianwu 建武 (Jianchang 建昌, Jiangxi).
No date of publication.

Wieger’s catalogue (WH) mistakenly gives Furtado as the author of this book.

The frontispiece bears the emblem of the Society of Jesus. The verso of this folio gives the title of the book and the name of the author. There were three censors of the book: Manuel Dias Jr. 陽瑪諾, Lazzaro Cattaneo 郭居靜 and Pedro Ribeiro 黎寧石. The imprimatur was given by Francisco Furtado, then Vice-Provincial.
There is an introduction on a happy death (two folios). The main text consists of forty-nine folios. There are seven columns in each half folio with fifteen characters in each column. The middle of each folio bears the title: Shanzhong zhugong 善終助功; the number of the folio is given below. At the end of the last folio there is an inscription, which gives the place of publication: 建武曰旦堂重梓.
The purpose of this book is given in the introduction, which states that to be good while living in this world is a difficult task, and that it is even more difficult to obtain a good death at the moment of leaving this world. It then goes on to say that a good death is founded on leading a good life. Once the relevance of this truth is realized one should not shrink from doing good while there is still time. What comes after is unknown to us. The last moment when one is on one’s deathbed is the most difficult hour of one’s life. There is great need for somebody to assist the dying man that he may have a happy death. The method given in this book serves as a help in doing this.
Cf. Jap-Sin I, 112.

Source: Albert Chan, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 248.

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