In vol. 17 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編. -- 42. 天階 （潘國光 Francesco Brancati）

"..... a short meditation or pious thought for 30 occasions or moments during the day, from the early morning to the late evening (see ’table of contents’). "The author teaches how during all daily activities, even the most simple ones, one can elevate one’s soul to God, while observing the infinite perfections of God in material objects and thanking him for his blessings and accepting the hardships of life with resignation. The style of this text is simple and the thoughts are pious" (Pfister, in translation). The text opens (f. 1a3) with referring to an admonition expressed by Jesus: 吾主耶穌在世訓十二宗徒曰 爾當恆求天主而無倦 (cf. Luke 18:1, “And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint”)" --Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

Tianjie 天階 / 潘國光.
Print edition. Mss. reproduced in Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編, vol. 17, pp. 495-518.

Note: The surmise (below) that this text is an adaptation of Bellarmine's De ascensione mentis in Deum per scalas creaturarum opusculum is incorrect. See: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)

JapSin I, 107
Tianjie 天階.
By Pan Guoguang 潘國光 (Francesco Brancati, 1607–1671).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title in handwriting and a Latin inscription: “Caeli scala, sive piae | mentis elevationes | a. p. Franc. Brancati, S.J.”

Folio 1 gives the title and the name of the author. There are eight columns in each half folio. On the upper middle of the folio the title is given together with the number of the folio. The booklet contains ten folios.
According to Sommervogel (t. II, col. 81) this booklet is probably a translation from one of the works of St. Robert Bellarmine. It has for its purpose the lifting up of the hearts of the faithful to God in their daily lives.
Cf. Pfister, pp. 228–229, no. 5; Hsü 1949, p. 89; Courant 6964–6967 (Élévation de l’âme vers Dieu); Couplet, p. 31 (Ascensio mentis in Deum ex creaturis).

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 157.

"Important are the spiritual books that present themselves as guides, compasses, or roads for avoiding evil and proceeding towards heaven: Tianjie 天階 (1650, Brancati)..." Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v. 1, p. 630.

Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).
Local access dig.pdf. [Brancati-Tianjie.pdf]
Online at Gallica.

Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

1. Jinri moguan qidao fangshi jianjie 今日默觀祈禱方式簡介.
2. Xindao -- Yesu daowen 心禱 -- 耶穌禱文.
3. Shengjing songdu 聖經誦讀 (Lectio Divina)
4. Huoshui -- Shengshen yu moguan qidao 活水 -- 聖神與默觀祈禱.

Yinyong shengshi sanbaishou 吟詠聖詩三百首 / 無名氏.
In collection: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編. --76. 吟詠聖詩三百首 （無名氏）
Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)

In vol. 17 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編. -- 41. 億說 （陸希言）
Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

"....de Seixas, João S.J. 林德瑤 (Lin Deyao) (1710-1785) (撰) -- Translator:Francisco, Inácio S.J. 張舒 (Zhang Shu) (1725-1792) (譯)

In vol. 19 of collection: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編. [Sequel to Chinese Christian texts from the Zikawei Library] -- 53. 照永神鏡 （林德瑤 João de Seixas） 卷1-4.

"...16 juan, for a retreat of eight days; see Pfister, ’Notices’ (1932)* -- Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).