The Christian mission in China in the Verbiest era : some aspects of the missionary approach / Noël Golvers (ed.).
Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Preface / Jeroom Heyndrickx -- Introduction / Noël Golvers -- Ferdinand Verbiest's Qiongli xue 窮理學 (1683 ) / Adrian Dudink and Nicolas Standaert -- Verbiest's introduction of Aristoteles Latinus (Coimbra) in China: new Western evidence / Noël Golvers -- Explaining the sacrament of penance in seventeenth-century China: an essay of Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) / John W. Witek -- The reaction of scholars to the work of Ferdinand Verbiest during the Kangxi-Qianlong reign / Xu Haisong 徐海松 -- The role of the directorate of astronomy in the Catholic mission during the Qing period / Han Qi 韓琦 -- Some aspects of the missionary approach of Francois de Rougemont in Changshu, Jiangnan (1661-1676) / Noël Golvers.

Publishers note-- In this volume, an effort has been made to extend our research to hitherto less developed aspects of the life and work of Ferdinand Verbiest (°1623-+1688). Two of the five papers collected here concern his involvement in the translation of the Latin commentaries on Aristotle published in Coimbra, which had been begun by Furtado, Aleni and others, and which he continued and completed until its 'official' presentation to the emperor in 1683. The contents of this voluminous work, entitled Qiongli xue are analysed by N. Standaert & A. Dudink (Leuven) on the basis of an (incomplete) copy of the manuscript, whereas N. Golvers (Leuven) describes its growth process out of a series of references in 'Western' sources; again each approach complements the other, and the flaws of one type of source are balanced by the virtues of the other. Verbiest's purely pastoral work is represented by this treatise 'on the sacrament of penance' (Goaojie yuanyi [sic], i.e. Gaojie yuanyi), which is analysed in depth by J.W. Witek (Washington DC). On the other hand there is Verbiest's relation to the calendar problem and the Astronomical Bureau (Qintianjian), so often studied without ever exhausting the subject; his work is appropriately described in terms of the 'history of science', as a key moment in the transmission of Western astronomical knowledge to the Far East. In his paper, however, Xu Haisong (Hangzhou) investigates the reception of Verbiest's learning in the milieu of the traditional Bureau, mainly on the basis of Chinese primary sources. The presence of more specific Christian elements in the same Bureau can be pointed out during the seventeenth and eighteenth century, when it even exerts some influence on contemporary Chinese Christianity, in such dossiers as the Rites Controversy. (Han Qi, Beijing). But the Jesuit mission was far more than the mission of Beijing. The scene beyond the capital is present in this issue in a description of the missionary approach applied in Suzhou Prefecture (Jiangnan Province) by Franciscus de Rougemont (°1624-+1676) - a former fellow of F. Verbiest in the Flemish Jesuit colleges, and always in contact with him in China as well. Here again Western documents are the almost exclusive sources, illustrating many aspects of the Jesuit presence in the Chinese interior.

Edited by John W. Witek.
"Jointly published by Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin, and Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Leuven"
Papers presented at the International Conference on the Occasion of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Ferdinand Verbiest.
Facing t.p. in Chinese: Jinian Nan Huairen : shishi sanbaizhounian xueshu huiyi 紀念南懷仁 : 逝世三百周年學術會議.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors: Jeroom Heyndrickx, C.I.C.M. -- John W. Witek, S.J. -- New findings on the life and family of Ferdinand Verbiest / Valere Arickx -- The Academic environment of the University of Louvain at the time of Ferdinand Verbiest / Jan Roegiers -- Did the Jesuits and Ferdinand Verbiest import outdated science into China? / Roger A. Blondeau -- General evaluation of the scientific work of Ferdinand Verbiest / Ulrich Libbrecht -- Ferdinand Verbiest on European astronomy in China: from the Compendia to the Astronomia Europaea (1687): a historical philological analysis / Noel Golvers -- The resemblances and differences of the construction of Ferdinand Verbiest's astronomical instruments, as compared to those of Tycho Brahe: a study based on their writings / Nicole Halsberghe -- Syncretism between European and Chinese culture in the astronomical instruments of Ferdinand Verbiest in the old Beijing observatory / Isaia Iannaccone -- Ferdinand Verbiest and the geographical works by Jesuits in Chinese, 1584-1674 / Chen Minsun [Chen Mingsheng 陳明生] -- Ferdinand Verbiest's contribution to Chinese geography and cartography / Lin Tongyang 林東陽 --The Kangxi Celestial Globe : a milestone in the history of Sino-Western cultural exchange / Yi Shitong 伊世同 -- Ferdinand Verbiest's contributions to Chinese science / Xi Zezong 席澤宗 -- The "Manchu cannons" cast by Ferdinand Verbiest and the hitherto unknown title of his instructions / Giovanni Stary -- Ferdinand Verbiest and the casting of cannons in the Qing dynasty / Shu Liguang -- Beijing Precursor / J. Ditlev Scheel -- Ferdinand Verbiest and his role in the formation of Sino-Russian diplomatic relations / Vladimir S. Miasnikov --Ferdinand Verbiest and Sino-Russian relations / Hao Zhenhua -- Ferdinand Verbiest's relations with King John III of Poland / Edward Kajdanski -- Ferdinand Verbiest in the Cihai dictionary / Jeroom Heyndrickx -- Between the Court and the Church: Ferdinand Verbiest in the Catholic history of China / Ku Weiying -- The Influence of Ferdinand Verbiest on the policy of the Kangxi Emperor towards Christianity / Lin Jinshui -- Brief intersection: changing contexts and prospects of the Chinese-Christian encounter from Matteo Ricci to Ferdinand Verbiest / John E. Wills -- The Investigation of things and Fathoming of Principles (gewu qiongli) in the Seventeenth-century contact between Jesuits and Chinese scholars / Nicolas Standaert, S.J. -- The religious writings of Father Ferdinand Verbiest / Joseph Hsing-san Shih, S.J.--Presenting Christian doctrine to the Chinese: reflections on the Jiaoyao xulun of Ferdinand Verbiest / John W. Witek, S.J.-- Jing Tian : The Kangxi Emperor's gift to Ferdinand Verbiest in the Rites Controversy / Claudia von Collani -- Ferdinand Verbiest and Martino Martini / Giorgio Melis -- The "Excommunication" of Ferdinand Verbiest / Francis A. Rouleau, Edward J. Malatesta, S.J. -- Ferdinand Verbiest and the Chinese bureaucracy / Willy Vande Walle -- A glimpse of the post-Verbiest period : Jean-Francois Foucquet's Lifa Wenda (Dialogue on Calendrical Techniques) and the modernization of Chinese astronomy, or, Urania's Feet Unbound / Jean-Claude Martzloff -- The French mission and Ferdinand Verbiest's scientific legacy / Catherine Jami -- Theophilus Siegfried Bayer (1694-1738) on Ferdinand Verbiest / Knud Lundbaek

Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. (1623-1688) and the Chinese heaven : the composition of the astronomical corpus, its diffusion and reception in the European republic of letters / Noël Golvers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 568-610) and index.

"This book describes more than 220 copies, nearly all of European provenance, of various astronomical publications by Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J. (1623 - 1688), either xylographical copies sent from Peking (reports, instrument drawings, eclipse maps, ephemeredes; stellar maps), or copies of Astronomia Europaea. This multiplies the number of known copies by ten. The first part of this book describes the characteristics of this astronomical corpus - one of the most spectacular bibliographical testimonia of the Jesuit presence in 17th - 18th century China, and disentangles the complex mutual interrelationship between the various items of this corpus. Moreover, by investigating handwritten dedications and owner's marks, material indications and external testimonia, Golvers sketches the history of the shipments of these documents to Europe, connecting them to the late 1670s, to Ph. Couplet's European 'tour' (1683 - 1692) and to the presence of A. Thomas, S.J. in Peking (late-1685 - 1709).

Behind all these shipments, there is the personal effort of F. Verbiest, and his own handwriting can be recognized in many pieces. After his death, also the French and German Jesuits in Peking continued this diffusion process, albeit to a lesser extent, in their relations with France, the German countries, and St. Petersburg. In the last part of this monograph, several cases are discussed which illustrate how in the 17th - 18th centuries European scholars 'received' these documents, for their astronomical, sinological, historical, linguistic or purely bibliophile aspect. In this part of the inquiry, unknown aspects of the history of many early Chinese collections in Europe are discussed. All in all, this research measures, for the first time, the penetration of Jesuit publications on China in contemporary Europe in quantitative and geographical-historical terms. It also traces the different motivations of these dispatches (i.e. public relations, apology for the particular evangelization methods; offering bibliophile curios in return for support).

This abundantly illustrated publication represents not only a substantial contribution to this history of the Jesuit mission in China and the methods applied, but is also an advancement in our knowledge of the history of western astronomy in East Asia, and of the Sino-Jesuit printed materials preserved in European collections."--Publisher note, p. [4] of cover.

Sections of this title available on Google Books.
Review: N. Sivin, Journal for the History of Astronomy, vol. 36, part 2, p. 240 (May 2005).

I. [A.] Study of the history of local churches / Arnulf Camps, O.F.M. -- Contemporary relevence of mission history / Jean-Paul Wiest -- Interpretation of Christian history in China / Jean Charbonnier, M.E.P. -- Chinese-centered mission history / Paul Rule.
[B.] About Chinese Catholics (late Qing-early Republican era) / Françoise Aubin -- Passionists in Twentieth-century China / Robert Carbonneau, C.P. -- Historiography and Christian missions in China: case study of the Belgian Franciscans in southwest Hubei / Carine Dujardin -- Shaping of the late Qing's policy toward Christianity / Ku Wei-ying (Gu Weiying)-- Method of apostolate in modern China /Joseph Shih, S.J. -- Career of Christianity in China -- Tang Yi -- Christianity in a violent environment / Gary Tiedemann -- Chinese Catholic Bishops appointed in China by Pope Pius XII during the period 1949-1955 / Anthony Lam Sui-ki -- Seminary formation in China today and prospect for the future / John Tong -- Formation of Sisters in China / John Tong -- Franciscan theological education in China / Berward Willeke, O.F.M. -- Comparative study of the missionary approach of Theodoor Rutjes, C.I.C.M. and Martinus Poell, O.F.M. / Jolanda Jansen -- Attitude of Karl Gutzlaff towards Catholicism and Catholic missions in China / Jessie Lutz -- Apôtre et Chinois: Vincent Lebbe / Claude Soetens -- Lu Zhengxiang: a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Sint-Andries / Ann Vansteelandt -- About the unpublished letters concerning Chinese techniques written by Father Louis Hélot / Colette Dieny -- Two Chinese Catholic universities and a major Catholic thinker: Zhendan, Furen, and Ma Xiangbo / Edward Malatesta, S.J. -- China's role in the foundation and development of the Pontificial Society of the Holy Childhood / Alain Sauret -- History of the Diocese of Xiwanzi under the C.I.C.M. Fathers (1865-1950) / Stephan Aguirre y Otegui -- Educational work of the Society of the Sacred Heart in the context of the Church's mission in Shanghai / Madeleine Chi, R.S.C.J. -- Sisters of Providence in China / Jeanne Knoerle, S.P. -- China missions of the Abbey of Sint-Andries near Bruges / Christian Papeians de Morchoven, O.S.B. -- Life and mission of the Daughters of Jesus in mainland China / Maria Perez, F.I. -- Trappist monks in China / Paolino Quattrocchi, O.C.S.O., Charles J. McCarthy, S.J. -- Camillians (Order of St. Camillus) in China (1946-1952) / Celestino Rizzi, M.I.
[C.] S.V.D. missions in China / Richard Hartwich, S.V.D. -- Assignment in Zhejiang (Scarboro Foreign Mission Society) / Raymond O'Toole, S.F.M. -- Belgian mission of Scheut in southwestern Mongolia (1870-1922) / Patrick Taveirne, C.I.C.M. -- M.I.C. in China / Huguette Turcotte, M.I.C. -- Cartographie jésuite et perspectives missionnaires / Minako Deburgh -- Le Pè Verbiest et la cartographie des pays chrétiens / Minako Debergh.
II. Some terms of reference in the writing of mission histories / Anthony Chang Sang-loi -- History of the Catholic Church in Hongkong / Bernard Hung-kay Luk. III. Model for a global bibliographical guide to Christianity in China / Archie Crouch -- Historiography of the Dominican missions in China / Fidel Villaroel, O.P. -- Twentieth-century Franciscan Missions in China project / Dominic Gandolfi, O.F.M. -- Study program of the Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation / Jeroom Heyndrickx, C.I.C.M. -- China section of the missionary archives of P.I.M.E. / Angelo Lazzarotto, P.I.M.E. -- History of the Jesuit missions in China: some current projects / Edward J. Malatesta, S.J. -- Preparation for the Second Edition of Christianity in China / Wu Xiaoxin -- C.I.C.M. General Archives / Raymond Renson, C.I.C.M. -- Augustinian missions in China / Isacio Rodriguez, O.S.A. -- Columban China History / Bernard T. Smyth, S.S.C.-- Prosopographical study of the C.I.C.M. Congregation in China / Leo van den Berg, C.I.C.M. -- Maryknoll Society history program: retrospective and five-year plan / Jean-Paul Wiest.

Introduction / Ku Wei-ying -- Mission and matrimony / Cl. Von Collani -- Understanding mission and the Jesuits' shifting approaches toward China / J.-P. Wiest -- Deer hunting in Dutch Formosa / P. Heyns -- The Catholic Dominican missionaries in Taiwan / J. Borao -- Luo Wenzao : a unique role in the seventeenth century church of China / M. San Roman -- Dominique Parrenin's activities in the Manchu world of Kangxi / T. Pang, G. Stary -- The dialoues of Giulio Aleni on Christ and China : the mystery of the plan of salvation and China / G. Criveller -- The Qiqi Tushuo revisited / H. Walravens -- Missionary linguistics on Taiwan : Dutch language policy and early Formosan literacy (1624-1662) / Ann Heylen -- The Tibetan and Mongolian manuscripts and block-prints preserved at the University Library of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) / K. Kollmar-Paulenz -- The Manchu-Mongolian Collection in the University Library of the Catholic University in Leuven (Belgium) / D. Heuschert-Laage.

Nan Huairen 南懷仁 (1623-1688) : 傳教士, 科學家, 工程師, 外交家 / Wei Ruowang bian 魏若望編.
Spine title and subtitle: Chuanjiaoshi, kexuejia, gongchengshi, waijiaojia Nan Huairen 傳教士, 科學家, 工程師, 外交家南懷仁 (1623-1688).
Translation of: Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688) : Jesuit missionary, scientist, engineer and diplomat : Papers presented at the International Conference on the Occasion of the Three Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Ferdinand Verbiest.
Original English version jointly published by Institut Monumenta Serica (Sankt Augustin) and Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation (Leuven) = Luwen guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji 魯汶國際學術研討會論文集.
Includes bibliographical references.
For contents note see record for English edition.

Includes: Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Philippe Couplet Study Project, Study on the 19th and 20th century Catholic missions in China / Jerome Heyndrickx, C.I.C.M. -- Philippe Couplet of Mechlin, a Jesuit in Belgium / Peter Gordts -- Philippe Couplet's missionary attitude towards the Chinese in Confucius Sinarum Philosophus / Claudia von Collani -- Towards a Chinese Church: the contribution of Philippe Couplet, S.J. (1622-1693) / Albert Chan, S.J. -- Couplet and the Dutch / Paul Demaerel -- European sojourn of Philippe Couplet and Michael Shen Fuzong, 1683-1692 / Theodore N. Foss -- Philippe Couplet: a Belgian connection to the beginning of the 17th century French Jesuit Mission in China / John Witek, S.J.-- Last voyage of Philippe Couplet / Edward J. Malatesta, S.J. -- Study of the prefaces to Ph. Couplet's Tabula Chronologica Monarchiae Sinicae (1686) / David E. Mungello -- Philippe Couplet in the writings of T. S. Bayer / Knud Lundbaek -- Recent developments in Chinese research on the Jesuit missionaries / Lin Jinshui 林金水.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.