Author: Zhang Geng 張賡, juren 1597

Shengjiao xinzheng 聖教信證
Date2000
Publish_locationBeijing 北京
PublisherBeijing daxue zongjiao yanjiusuo 北京大學宗教研究所
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition初稿
LanguageChinese 中文[簡體字]
Record_typeBook (Text in Collection), Digital Book (PDF)
SeriesMingmo Qingchu Yesuhui sixiang wenxian huibian 明末清初耶穌會思想文獻匯編 ; 41
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberBV3427.Z6 C68 2000 v. 41
Description20, 36 p. ; 24 cm.
NoteShengjiao xinzheng 聖教信證 / Han Lin, Zhang Geng gongzhu ; Lou Yulie guwen ; Zheng Ande bianji 韓霖, 張賡共著 ; 樓宇烈顧問 ; 鄭安德編輯.

"...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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SubjectShanxi Sheng 山西省--Church history--Sources Jesuits--Missions--China--History--16th-18th centuries Fujian Sheng 福建省--Church history--Sources China--Church history--16th-17th centuries--Sources Cemeteries--China--Registers Jesuits--China--Tombs Missionaries--China--Tombs
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Shengjiao xinzheng 聖教信證. [BAV R.G. Oriente, III, 223.10-11]
Date1972
Publish_locationTaibei Shi 臺北市
PublisherTaiwan xuesheng shuju 臺灣學生書局
CollectionRicci Institute Library
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LanguageChinese 中文
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Series
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Call NumberBX880.T562 1972 v. 1
Descriptionv.1, p. 267-362 ; 23 cm.
NoteShengjiao xinzheng 聖教信證 / [Han Lin 韓霖 & Zhang Geng 張賡 (attributed)].
In: Tianzhujiao dongchuan wenxian sanbian 天主教東傳文獻三編, v.1, p. 267-362.
Full citation see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)
Added edition: Digital edition (PDF)

"...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.

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SubjectShanxi Sheng 山西省--Church history--Sources Jesuits--Missions--China--16th-18th centuries Fujian Sheng 福建省--Church history--Sources China--Church history--16th-17th centuries--Sources Cemeteries--China--Registers Jesuits--China--Tombs
Tianxue lüeyi 天學略義
Date2000
Publish_locationBeijing 北京
PublisherBeijing daxue zongjiao yanjiusuo
北京大學宗教研究所
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition初稿
LanguageChinese 中文[簡體字]
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SeriesMingmo Qingchu Yesuhui sixiang wenxian huibian 明末清初耶穌會思想文獻匯編 ; 13
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Call NumberBV3427.Z6 C68 2000 v. 13
Description20, 35 p. ; 24 cm.
NoteTianxue lüeyi 天學略義 / 孟儒望原著.
"張賡作序, 耶穌會士陽瑪諾, 畢方濟, 徐日升同訂 ..."--editors preface. [Zheng Ande bianji 鄭安德編輯.]
"本書據1664凡蒂岡教廷圖書館藏刻本編輯整理".
Cover illustration: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Rac. Gen. Or. III-213 (15)
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13冊.

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SubjectJesuits--China--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Contributions in theology Catholic Church--China--Doctrines--17th-18th centuries--Sources Christianity--China--Doctrinal works
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Tianxue zhengfu 天學證符. [JapSin I-141]
Date
Publish_locationTaibei 臺北
PublisherTaipei Ricci Institute 利氏學社
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageChinese 中文
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Call NumberBV
Descriptionv.8
NoteJapSin I, 141
Tianxue zhengfu 天學證符.
By Zhang Geng 張賡.
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. No date or place of publication.
The cover bears the title of the book in ink and gives the name of the author as Zhang Geng of Fujian 福建張賡. The Latin inscription reads: “Tien hio chim fu | Probatio S. Legis | ex doctrina Philosophorum | Auctore Cham Kem kiugin [juren 舉人] | de Fokien.”
There is an introduction by the author and a summary of the Catholic teaching (two folios), which Zhang Geng gives in order to compare it with the teachings of Chinese philosophers. This book is very rare. For Zhang Geng, see above (Jap-Sin I, 34/37, 3/1–3/3).
The main text consists of nineteen folios with nine columns in each half folio and twenty characters in each column. The upper middle of each folio bears the title of the book with the number of the folio marked below the fish tail.
In the introduction Zhang Geng points out that the ancient Chinese classics spoke of Heaven only, without speaking explicitly of the Lord of Heaven. However, he says, this was a short way of saying the same thing. Accordingly he quotes the teachings of Confucius and Mencius in order to show how they often agree with the Catholic teaching. At the end he concludes that people often have found the teaching of the Gospel too hard to follow and as a result they have gone against their conscience. This would mean at the same time that they went against the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 141.
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Wanwu zhenyuan 萬物真原
Date2000
Publish_locationBeijing 北京
PublisherBeijing daxue zongjiao yanjiusuo
北京大學宗教研究所
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition初稿
LanguageChinese 中文[簡體字]
Record_typeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
SeriesMingmo Qingchu Yesuhui sixiang wenxian huibian 明末清初耶穌會思想文獻匯編 ; 8
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberBV3427.Z6 C68 2000 v. 8
Description20, 27 p. ; 24 cm.
NoteWanwu zhenyuan 萬物真原 / Ai Rulüe yuanzhu 艾儒略原著 ... Zheng Ande bianji 鄭安德編輯. [...後學艾儒略述耶穌會士, 同會傅泛(汎)際, 龍華民, 費樂德同. 張賡較梓.]
Series: 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8冊 .
Cover illustration: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Courant 6889

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SubjectJesuits--China--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644--Contributions in theology Natural theology--Early works to 1800 Creation God--Proof, Cosmological Earth--Origin Christianity and culture--China--History--17th century
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Xiantian Yiyi 先天易義. [Jap-Sin I, 34/37, 3/1–3/3]
Daten.d.
Publish_locationFujian 福建
Publisher---
CollectionARSI
Edition
LanguageChinese 中文
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Series
ShelfARSI
Call NumberNOT HELD. FOR DESCRIPTION ONLY
Description3 v. ; 25 x 14 cm.
NoteJapSin I, 34/37, 3/1–3/3
Xiantian Yiyi 先天易義.
By Zhang Geng 張賡.
Three juan in three volumes. Chinese bamboo paper. 25 x 14 cm. The volumes have been restored and are in good condition.
The Latin inscription on the cover gives Zhang Geng as “licenciato” in the province of Fujian. The Latin inscription on folio 3 of juan 2 states that Cham Kem was Kiu gin [舉人] in Fujian.
The title page is missing. There is an introduction by Zhang Geng himself in the first juan. At the head of each juan there is the following inscription: 晉江夏詹明皋甫演 (explained by Zhang Geng, [zi] Xiazhan, [hao] Minggao, of Jinjiang). There are eight columns in each half folio with twenty characters to each column of the main text and nineteen characters to each column of the explanation. The upper centre of each folio bears the title Yiyi 易義. At the beginning of the book Zhang Geng gives a general summary of the Zhouyi 周易.
In the introduction Zhang Geng tells that he owed a great deal to his father in his study of the Yijing (Book of Changes). After he embraced the Catholic faith he somehow felt enlightment from God on things natural and supernatural. Under those circumstances he was able to finish the commentary on the Shangxia jing 上下經 which is part of the Book of Changes; furthermore, he finished an explanation of the Xici 繫辭 and other chapters within a few days.
Throughout the book Zhang Geng often quotes the commentary of his father and occasionally he also gives the opinion of Yang Qiyuan 楊淇園 (Yang Tingyun). Not infrequently he brings in Catholic interpretations. He does not hide his feelings about the great Song philosopher Zhu Xi 朱熹, whose interpretations do not always seem orthodox in the eyes of a Christian.
Zhang Geng (who in some prefaces he wrote called himself 昭事生, i.e., a Christian) was a native of Jinjiang 晉江 (Fujian). He got his juren degree in 1597 (Wanli 25), see Jinjiang Xian zhi 晉江縣志, ch. 11, f. 55b. In 1621 (Tianji 1) he heard of the Catholic Church for the first time. In his preface to João Monteiro’s (Meng Ruwang 孟儒望, 1603–1648) book Tianxue lüeyi 天學略義 (published in 1642) he tells us that he had been wholly devoted to the Catholic Church for twenty years.

Cf. FR 2:354–355, JWC 1:259–267.
Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 33-34.

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SubjectYijing 易經--Commentaries--Catholic authors Chinese classics--History and criticism--Catholic authors