The 'Acta Pekinensia' or historical records of the Maillard de Tournon legation. Volume III: January 1708 - February 1709 / by Kilian Stumpf SJ ; edited by Paul Rule, Claudia von Collani.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [615]-625) and index.

The 'Acta Pekinensia' is a Latin manuscript found in the Jesuit Roman Archives. It is a record of the papal legation to China of Charles Maillard de Tournon, from his arrival in China to his death in Macau. It was compiled by Kilian Stumpf, a German Jesuit missionary/scientist serving at the court of the Kangxi emperor of China. Stumpf was in a privileged position to record day by day the events of this crucial episode not only in the history of Christianity in China but in Chinese-Western relations. This annotated translation provides a full documentation and an acute and lively commentary on the clash of values which resulted in the failure of the legation and the condemnation of Chinese Rites.

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The Acta Pekinensia, or, Historical records of the Maillard de Tournon legation : first transcribed edition and English annotated translation / Kilian Stumpf SJ ; Paul Rule, Claudia von Collani, editors.
Print volumes contain the annotated English translation. Digital images of the original manuscript and transcriptions of its Latin text are available on the accompanying CD-ROM.

"Draft translators of the original Latin manuscript are for vol. I: Ian Falconer, Joseph Holland, both deceased, and Paul Rule."--Volume 1, title page verso.

Publication of the Institutum Historicum Societatis Iesu and Macau Ricci Institute.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

*CD contains an index of abbreviations, the Acta Pekinensia [ARSI Jap-Sin 138] manuscript itself in 401 p. [i.e. 201 .jpg frames], and a 428 page pdf of the typescript of the Latin manuscript.
Volume I. December 1705-August 1706.

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The Acta Pekinensia, or, Historical records of the Maillard de Tournon legation : Volume II : September 1706-December 1707 / by Kilian Stumpf, SJ ; edited by Paul Rule, Claudia von Collani.
"With special thanks to Rev. Dr. Gerard J. Hughes, SJ, for his contribution to the scholarly translation of the Acta Pekinensia"
Includes bibliographical references (p. [785]-787 and index.

Contents: ‎Abbreviations -- ‎Introduction -- ‎The Acta Pekinensia-September 1706 to December 1707 -- ‎ Major Headings and Subheadings -- ‎Compendium of the Acta Pekinensia for 1705 and 1706 -- ‎September 1706 -- ‎October 1706 -- November 1706 -- ‎December 1706 -- January-February 1707 -- March 1707 -- ‎April 1707 -- ‎May 1707 -- ‎June 1707 -- ‎July 1707 -- August 1707 -- ‎September 1707 -- October 1707 -- ‎November 1707 -- ‎December 1707 -- ‎Bibliography -- General Index.

Volume 1 was released in the series: Monumenta historica Societatis Iesu. Nova series ; vol. 9.
Volume 2-3 is released in the series: Studies in the history of Christianity in East Asia ; v. 1., v. 10

"...As in the first volume, the translation is based on a transcription from the original manuscript of the "Acta Pekinensia" in the Jesuit Roman Archives (Jap. Sin.138) made by three Latinists in Poznan (Poland): Monika Miazek Meczynska, Ewa Jarmakowska, and Katarzyna Prychitko. A first draft translation was then made by Jesuit classicists (in Australia, Joseph Holland, John Wilcken, John Begley, and Stan Hogan; also Gerard ]. Hughes of Campion Hall, Oxford University).
This was then revised and annotated by Paul Rule and Claudia von Collani, who take ultimate responsibility for the text as it now appears. The Compendium was translated by Paul Rule with the assistance of Claudia von Collani. We wish to acknowledge the constant support of the Macau Ricci Institute, especially the initiators of the project, Yves Camus and Luis Sequeira, and for this and we hope subsequent volumes, the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at the University of San Francisco, under the direction of Fr. Antoni Ucerler and Dr. Wu Xiaoxin. And special thanks are due to the assiduous editor of this volume, Stephen Ford."--Introduction (vol. 2).

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