N.B.: Han Lin's dates (and brief bio-bibliography) are derived from Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 425. However the table on p. 400 and p. 657 indicates "d. 1644". Associate of the Jesuit Alfonso Vagnone.
Cover illustration: Bibliotheque National de France. Courant 7113
明末淸初耶稣会思想文献汇编 = 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35册.

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"Shanxi community ... Duoshu, arranged around the six moral instructions of the Sacred Edict (Shengyu 聖諭) of the founder of the Ming, is a "community contract" (xiangyue 鄉約) which has the same aim on the community level... ; Duoshu ("The Book of the Warning Bell") the first one of the Six Maxims of the first Ming Emperor, "Be filial towards your parents," is explained as the worldly counterpart of "loving our Great Father-and-Mother"... So the message of the Duoshu is that the doctrine of the Lord of Heaven is a useful instrument for the improvement of society. Han Lin's explanations of the Six Maxims, found in the Holy Edict, are based on both Confucian and Christian arguments, not placed in juxtaposition (as an eclectic would do), but used to support each other, as the true syncretist does..." )"--Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, p. 424, 643, 658.
In volume 2 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻.
For complete contents see: Standaert, Nicolas, Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教 文獻.
For a description of all 37 texts, see the catalog of the Fujen Zikawei collection in Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996), or see individual records.

JapSin I, 144
Duoshu 鐸書.
By Han Lin 韓霖. One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in two volumes. No date or place of publication.

The cover of volume two bears the title in Chinese, while the cover of volume one bears a Latin inscription: “To xu, seu sex | articuli doctrinae | Sinis tradi iussae sin | gulis mensibus; -- explicati fusius | a christiano licentiato | Han Lin | 2 tomi.”

There is a preface (seven folios) by an anonymous jinshi and government official, and another by Li Zhengxiu 李政修, also a jinshi and government official. Then follows a list (two folios) with the names of those who had helped with the editing and proofreading 較刻. For jiao (to collate) the character 較 is used instead of 校, because the latter was the tabooed name of the Chongzhen emperor. This indicates that the book was published during his reign. On folio 2v the two brothers of the author are named as editors: Han Yun 韓雲 (zi 景伯) and Han Xia 韓霞 (zi 九光). The two sons of the author, Wuyi 無斁 and Wuqi 無期 are named as proofreaders 全閱 (the character quan 全 is a misprint of tong 仝, meaning ‘together’).
At the beginning of volume A there is a synopsis (five folios), dated Chongzhen xinsi 辛巳 (1641). There are nine columns in each half folio with eighteen characters in each column. Commentaries are given on the side margins and across the top margins. The upper middle of each folio bears the title of the book; the title of the chapter is given below the fish-tail together with the number of the folio. The main text covers thirty-nine folios in volume A and seventy-four in volume B.
The Duoshu takes the Shengyu liuyan 聖諭六言 (Sacred instructions in six chapters), written by the founder of the Ming dynasty, and gives comments on it line by line. These instructions were intended for the illiterate and they contained the following headings: “Be filial to parents; show respect to elders; live in harmony with neighbours; instruct sons and grandsons; be content with your calling; and do no evil.” The comments quote not only from Chinese books but also from writings of contemporary missioners in China. The chapter on living in harmony with one’s neighbours (vol. A, f. 26), for instance, quotes a saint of the West, which quotation is taken from the Shengren xingshi 聖人行實 (juan 2, ff. 28v–29r) by Alfonso Vagnone (cf. Jap-Sin I, 65). Again, vol. B, f. 42r, says that the Western scholar Gao Zesheng had written a book for the instruction of the young (Tongyou jiaoyu 童幼教育, cf. Jap-Sin II, 54), which could be considered as a supplement to the Xiaoxue 小學, written by the Song scholar Zhu Xi 朱熹. Then, in the chapter on avoiding evil deeds (vol. B, f. 71r), the Dizui zhenggui 滌罪正規 of Aleni (cf. Jap-Sin I, 79) is quoted. De Pantoja’s Qike 七克 (cf. Jap-Sin I, 86) is quoted in order to show how one can overcome the seven capital sins by practising the seven virtues. The book mentions also God’s creation of the angels, men and animals, a theme which appeared so often in the catechisms of those days (vol. B, f. 64r). The Holy Scriptures are occasionally quoted; e.g. vol. A, f. 34v, quotes St. Matthew V, 39–40. All these quotations are inserted so skillfully that the text glides along with great smoothness and naturalness. The book must have seemed sensational to contemporary readers. It is so old and yet so new; so full of moral maxims that one could stop at any of passages for a fruitful meditation. Han Lin was one of the contemporary scholars who could quote with facility and grace from the writings of both Chinese and Western authors. The Duoshu was reprinted in Beijing in 1918 with a preface by the renowned scholar Chen Yuan 陳垣.

Cf. Courant 3326; Hsü 1949, pp. 137–140.

Han Lin (zi 雨公, hao 寓菴), scholar and official, was a native of Jiangzhou 絳州 (Shanxi). He became a senior licentiate (suigong 歲貢) in 1617 and a jinshi in 1621. While in Beijing he made the acquaintance of Xu Guangqi and Alfonso Vagnone. Later he was baptized by Aleni, taking the Christian name Thomas. He had inherited a valuable library from his forefathers and had increased the collection by his wide travelling.
At his native place Han Lin led many of his relatives into the Church. Both he and his fellow townsman Duan Gun 段袞 (zi 九章) became zealous assistants of Vagnone, when he came to found the mission in Shanxi. Besides the Duoshu Han Lin also wrote in collaboration with his friend Zhang Geng 張賡 the Shengjiao xinzheng 聖教信證 (Proofs of the Christian religion), cf. Jap-Sin I, 191.
According to the gazetteers of Jiangzhou, Han Lin seems to have lost his life while hiding from bandits when they took that city in 1644, but the circumstances of his death are not clear; cf. Ye Delu 葉德祿, “Qianlong Jiangzhou zhi zhi Han Lin 乾隆絳州志之韓霖”, in: Xin beichen 新北辰, vol. 3, no. 8 (1937).

For the biography of Han Lin and his three brothers, cf. ECCP 1:274–275; Margiotti, pp. 310–318; JWC 1:253–258; Pfister, p. 212.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 190-191.

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

Jiaoyao xulun 教要序論. [BnF 6972. Jap-Sin II, 47] In: 法國國家圖書館明清天主教文獻. Chinese Christian texts from the National Library of France, v.24.165. Ferdinand Verbiest 南懷仁. Jiaoyao xulun 教要序論 [6972].

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JapSin II, 47
Jiaoyao xulun 教要序論.
By Nan Huairen 南懷仁 (Ferdinand Verbiest).
One juan. Bamboo paper, bound in European style. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears a Latin inscription: “Futior explicatio et | probatio mysteriorum | fidei ad suscipiendum | baptismum | a p. Ferdin. Verbiest | S.J.”

At the head of the book there is a preface by Han Lin 韓霖. This is in fact the preface written by Han for the Shengjiao xinzheng (cf. Jap-Sin I, 192). It is put here by mistake (cf. Courant 9676–III: Autre édition, renferment en plus une préface par Han Lin Yu kong [雨公] de Ho tong [河東], 1647).
Then follows a preface by Verbiest himself (two and one-half folios). Folio 3 of this preface contains a passage written by Lodovico Buglio, which actually is a passage from Buglio’s preface for juan 11 of the Chaoxingxue yao 超性學要 (Summa Theologiae) and is placed here by mistake (cf. Jap-Sin II, 7, ce 11, preface of Buglio, 1676). The table of contents consists of four and one-half folios.
Folio 1 gives the title of the book and the name of the author: 極西耶穌會士南懷仁述. The main text consists of sixty-seven folios with headings on the top margin of each folio. There are nine columns to each half folio with twenty characters to each column. The title of the book is given in the middle of each folio with the number of the folio marked below the fish-tail.
According to Van Hée (quoted by Pfister, p. 352, no. 1) this book was incorporated in the Siku quanshu 四庫全書 for its simple, pure and logical style. There is no trace, however, of this book in the General Catalogue 四庫全書總目提要. Van Hée may have been mistaken.
The text was translated into Manchu, but this version was denounced in an imperial edict of 1805 (Wylie, p.177). Pfister, referring to Wylie p. 142, says: “Il a été aussi traduit et imprimé en coréen vers 1864” (p. 353 no. 1). Our edition of Wylie’s Notes does not give this. It was also translated into the Shanghai dialect under the title Fangyan jiaoyao xulun 方言教要序論. A French translation was published by Zikawei.

Cf. Hsü 1949, pp. 162–163; Courant 6972–6977 (6972–76 have the title 天主教要序論, while 6977 gives only 教要序論). Fang Hao gives a number of early editions of this book: 1677, 1799, 1848, 1867 (JWC 2:178). This book was reprinted in Zikawei (ed. 4^a 1914, one volume, 106 pp.). Other editions were printed in Hsien-hsien (1932, one volume, ninety-six pages), in Hong Kong (1905, one volume, 120 pp.), in Yenchowfu, Shandong (ed. 3^a. 1931, one volume, 116 pp.) and in Peiping (1931, one volume, fifty-one pages).
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 350-351.

"...Han Lin...with Zhang Geng (Fujian)...which shows the communication between the Shanxi and Fujian communities (p.426) ; ...Ancient lists such as...Shengjiao xinzheng (ca. 1680) mention the burial places of many missionaries (p. 587) -- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1.

本书据法囯囯家图书馆藏1647年序本排印.
Cover illustration: Bibliotheque National de France. Courant 6903.
明末淸初耶稣会思想文献汇编 = 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41册.

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"...Han Lin...with Zhang Geng (Fujian)...which shows the communication between the Shanxi and Fujian communities (p.426) ; ...Ancient lists such as.... Shengjiao xinzheng (ca. 1680) mention the burial places of many missionaries (p. 587) -- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1.

0036R ZKW 720.5 (Xu 433) [c] [Xu 216-217] ms.
Alfonso Vagnone 高一志, Tongyou jiaoyu 童幼教育 (2 juan, ca. 1628); copy-book, 92 ffnc (9/16); juan 1 is the same as juan 2 of Qijia Xixue 齊家西學 (049R) -- Cf. Adrian Dudink, "The Zikawei Collection" (Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996)), p. 17.

JapSin II, 54
Tongyou jiaoyu 童幼教育.
By Gao Yizhi 高一志 (Alfonso Vagnone).
Two juan (juan B is missing). Bamboo paper in one volume with a paper case. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears a label with the title written in Chinese ink and a Latin inscription: “De ludo litterario | ad ducendos pueros | a p. Alph. Vagnoni | S.J.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 93, no. 12; Feng 1938, p. 110, no. 12; Hsü 1949, pp. 216–217; Courant 3389–3392; Couplet, p. 12; BR, p. XXXII.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 358-359.

In volume 1 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻.
For complete contents see: Standaert, Nicolas, Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻. For a description of all 37 texts, see the catalog of the Fujen Zikawei collection in Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996), or see individual records.

Tongyou jiaoyu 童幼教育 / [高一志著].
"Par le P. Alfonso Vagnoni (1566-1640) ; publié, avec l'autorisation du P. Emmanuel Diaz, par les soins des PP. Nicolao Longobardi (1559-1654), Gaspar Ferreira (1571-1649) et Jean Terenz (1576-1630). Préface de Han Lin, nom littéraire Yu an."--OCLC record.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Chinois 3389.

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See also Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database) entry.
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