Shengmengge 聖夢歌 / Ai Rulüe zhu 艾儒略著.
Reproduction of original text in: Yesuhui Luoma dang'anguan Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 耶穌會羅馬檔案館明清天主教文獻, v. 6 / Edited by Nicolas Standaert [鐘鳴旦] [and] Adrian Dudink [杜鼎克]. 

Rome, p.189.
JapSin I, 143
Shengmeng Ge 聖夢歌
By Ai Rulüe 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume.
Reprinted and published by the Qinyitang 欽一堂 of Sanshan 三山 (Fujian) in 1684 (Kangxi 23).
The cover bears a Latin inscription: "Cantico sanctorum | somniorum | a christiano Lin" (erroneously taking Lin Yijun 林一儁, the author of the introduction, as the author of the book).

There is a preface (two folios) by Zhangzi 張子, (Mr. Chang) of Qingyuan 清源, Fujian, an introduction (two folios) by Lin Yijun of Futang 福唐 (Fujian) and a postscript (one folio) by Li Jiubiao 李九標 of Futang. The proofreaders were Hsiung Shih-ch’i (Xiong Shiqi 熊士旂) of Chin-hsien (Jinxian 進賢, Kiangsi), P’an Shih-k’ung (Pan Shikong 潘師孔) of T’ao-yüan (Taoyuan 桃源) and Su Fu-ying (Su Fuying 蘇負英) of Chin-chiang 晉江, both from Fukien. The main text consists of nine folios.
This booklet is a translation of a song, attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, rendered in the form of a poem known in Chinese as ch’i-ku (qigu 七古). It starts with the soul making complaint to the body and the body in turn to the soul. Then comes the reply of the soul to the body and of the body to the soul. This is followed by an appearance of the devil, who makes a speech. Finally, the sleeper wakes up from his dream. The style of the poem is quite close to that of the t’an-tz’u (tanci 彈詞), i.e., stories put into rhyme and to be chanted with an accompaniment of musical instruments. It is a didactic treatise with a moral. According to Pfister (p. 133) the book is also known as Hsing-ling p’ien (Xingling pian 性靈篇).
Cf. Hsü 1949, pp. 341–343; Courant 6884 (1637 edition), 6885 and 7379 III (both 1684 editions); BR, p. XXXIII/XXXIV.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 189.

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

"State of the Field Report XV: Contemporary Chinese Studies of the Scholastic-Aristotelian Soul in Late-Ming and Early-Qing China" / Daniel Canaris.

Dao 2024

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Xingshen shiyi 形神實義 / Lai Mengdu 賴蒙篤 (Raimundo del Valle, O.P.)
See 法國國家圖書館明清天主教文獻 = Chinese Christian texts from the National Library of France  v. 3.

JapSin I, 117
Xingshen shiyi 形神實義.
By Lai Mengdu 賴蒙篤 (Raimundo del Valle, O.P., 1613–1683).
Eight juan. Chinese bamboo paper in four volumes. Published by the Catholic church of Changqi 長溪 (Fu’an, Fujian) in 1673 (Kangxi 12).

The title page bears the title in four large characters; on the left the publisher is given: 長溪天主堂刊 (printed by the Catholic church of Changqi). The verso gives the author’s name 泰西傅教會士賴蒙篤著 and those of the censors: the Dominicans Wan Jiguo 萬濟國 (Francisco Varo), Min Mingwo 閔明我 (Domingo Fernández Navarrete, 1618–1686), Bai Minwo 白敏我 (Domingo Sarpetri, 1623–1683) and Luo Wenzhao 羅文炤 (Gregorio López, 1616–1691, Chinese Dominican and future bishop of Nanjing, usually known as Luo Wenzao 羅文藻). Francisco Varo gave permission for publication. Zhu Shi 祝石 of Gushui 榖水 (Jiangsu) and Li Jiugong 李九功 of Sanshan (Fujian) proofread the text. Wang Daoxing 王道性 and Wang Daosheng 王道甡 of Hanyang 韓陽 (literary name of Fu'an 福安) polished the style of the text.

This treatise seeks to show that the human body is built up of matter, while the soul is spiritual; man is made up of body and soul. It then goes on to show the relations between the body and soul. It is a treatise on psychology and physiology. The author claims that his material is taken from St. Thomas Aquinas and from a renowned physician in the West. The term douluriya 陡琭日亞 is a transliteration of the Latin word theologia.

Cf. Courant 6969, 6970.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 165-166.

Full bibliographic citation, see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)