Description from Monumenta Serica: This collection in five volumes tries to realize the desideratum of a comprehensive interdisciplinary work on the manifold faces and images of Jesus in China, which unites the Sinological, mission-historical, theological, art-historical, and other aspects. The first three volumes (vols. L/1-3) contain articles and texts which discuss the faces and images of Jesus Christ from the Tang dynasty to the present time. In a separate volume (vol. L/4) follows an annotated bibliography of the Western and Chinese writings on Jesus Christ in China and a general index with glossary. The iconography, i.e., the attempts of the Western missionaries and the Chinese to portray Jesus in an artistic way, will be presented in the fifth volume of this collection (vol. L/5).

Contents of Volume 1:
Introductory Essays: ROMAN MALEK, S.V.D.: Faces and Images of Jesus Christ in Chinese Context. Introduction — PAUL H. WELTE, O.P.: Does Jesus Christ Need A Facelift? A Critical Voice to the Project "The Chinese Face of Christ." Remarks on Some Problems of Inculturation — Preliminary Contextual Considerations: Dao — Logos — Yesu: LIVIA KOHN: Embodiment and Transcendence in Medieval Taoism — JOSEPH H. WONG, O.S.B. CAM.: Tao — Logos — Jesus. Lao Tzu, Philo, and John Compared — J.D.M. DERRETT: St. John's Jesus and the Buddha — JOST O. ZETZSCHE: Indigenizing the "Name Above All Names": Chinese Transliterations of Jesus Christ — Part I: Faces and Images of Jesus Christ from Tang to Yuan: YVES RAGUIN, S.J. (1912—1998): China's First Evangelization by the 7th and 8th Century Eastern Syrian Monks. Some Problems Posed by the First Chinese Expressions of the Christian Traditions — STEVE ESKILDSEN: Christology and Soteriology in the Chinese Nestorian Texts — GUNNER B. MIKKELSEN: "Quickly guide me to the peace of the Pure Land": Christology and Buddhist Terminology in the Chinese Manichaean Hymnscroll — HANS-JOACHIM KLIMKEIT (1939—1999): Jesus' Entry into Parinirvana. Manichaean Identity in Buddhist Central Asia — HANS-JOACHIM KLIMKEIT (1939—1999): Das Kreuzessymbol in der zentralasiatischen Religionsbegegnung. Zum Verhältnis von Christologie und Buddhologie in der zentralasiatischen Kunst — FRANZ XAVER PEINTINGER: In Nomine Domini. Ein christlicher Grabstein in Yangzhou (1344)
Anthology I: Hsü-t'ing Messiah Sutra or Jesus Messiah Sutra (ca. 635) — The Lord of the Universe's Discourse On Alms-Giving (ca. 640) — The Sutra on Mysterious Rest and Joy (ca. 780) — The Luminous Lord of the Universe. From the "Nestorian Monument" (781) — A Nestorian Motwa Hymn in Adoration of the Holy Trinity (8th c.) — King Messiah: Syriac Texts from Gaochang (9th—12th c.) — Manichäische Jesus-Hymnen aus China (8.—9. Jh.) — Christ described in a Poem by Li Bai (701—762). Interpretation proposed by WU QIMING. Presented by ADRIAN DUDINK

Contents of Volume 2:
Part II: Faces and Images of Jesus Christ from Ming to Qing:
GAUVIN ALEXANDER BAILEY: The Image of Jesus in Chinese Art during the Time of the Jesuit Mission (16th—18th centuries) — CARMEN GUARINO: Images of Jesus in Matteo Ricci's Pictures for Chengshi moyuan — GIANNI CRIVELLER, P.I.M.E.: Christ Introduced to Late Ming by Giulio Aleni S.J. (1582—1649) — SUN YUMING: Cultural Translatability and the Presentation of Christ as Portrayed in Visual Images from Ricci to Aleni — PAUL RULE: The Jesus of the "Confucian Christians" of the Seventeenth Century — WHALEN LAI: Jesus in the Shengshui jiyan of the Early Yang Tingyun (1557—1627) — DOMINIC SACHSENMAIER: The Jesus of Zhu Zongyuan (1616—1660). A Complex Pattern of Inculturation — CLAUDIA VON COLLANI: Jesus of the Figurists — MIGUEL ÁNGEL SAN ROMÁN, O.P.: Jesus Christ Proclaimed in the Early Dominican Mission in China — GIOVANNI STARY: Jesus Introduced to the Manchus — P. RICHARD BOHR: Jesus, Christianity, and Rebellion in China. The Evangelical Roots of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom — LAUREN F. PFISTER: Reconsidering Three Faces of the "Revived One" from Mid-19th Century China — MARGO S. GEWURTZ: The "Jesus Sect" and "Jesus Opium": Creating a Christian Community in Rural North Honan, 1890—1912 — RALPH R. COVELL: Jesus in Protestant Writings in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries — JESSIE G. LUTZ: The Jesus of the Early Chinese Protestant Evangelists.

Anthology II: Early Jesuits on Jesus Christ — MICHELE RUGGIERI, S.J. (1543—1607): On the Birthday of God (Twelve Poems) — Matteo Ricci, Jesus und das Kreuz — XU GUANGQI (1562—1633): Eulogies and Hymns on Jesus — WEN XIANGFENG (1577—1642) a.o.: Jesus, the Barbarian — Giulio Aleni S.J. (1582—1642) on Jesus Christ — YANG GUANGXIAN (1597—1669): Jesus: A Subversive Rebel Leader — LUDOVICO BUGLIO, S.J. (1606—1682): Jesus in Budeyi bian — FERDINAND VERBIEST, S.J. (1623—1688): The Passion of Jesus — WU YUSHAN (WU LI), S.J. (1632—1718): Poems on Jesus — BLAISE PASCAL (1623—1662): Dieu crucifié: Le scandale de la Croix — BENNO M. BIERMANN, O.P. (1884—1970): Die Predigt des Kreuzes — GEORGE H. DUNNE, S.J.: Jesuit Suppression of the Doctrine of the Cross? — NICOLAS STANDAERT, S.J. (introduction): Jesus Christ in the Lidai shenxian tongjian — E.T.C. WERNER (1864—1954): Christ in the Li-tai shen-hsien t'ung-chien — K.L. Reichelt (1877—1952): Eine "taoistische" Geschichte Jesu aus Shenxian gangjian (1701) — The Chinese Text from Lidai shenxian tongjian (or Shenxian jian) — Taiping Texts on Jesus — ZHIGANG (19th. c.): An Ordinary Person: Jesus — ANONYMOUS (19th. c.): Jesus, the Only Hog.

Contents of Volume 3a
Part III: Modern Faces and Images of Jesus Christ.
Donald Daniel Leslie and Yang Daye: Jesus the Prophet in Chinese Islam -- Françoise Aubin: Jesus in the Confrontation between Islam and Christianity Transposed into China -- Francis K.H. So: The Subverted Image of Christ in the May Fourth Era -- Lewis S. Robinson: Medicine for the Soul? Christ-like Sacrifice and Filial Piety in Lu Xun’s Yao and Mo Yan’s Lingyao -- Liang Gong: The Image of Jesus in The Death of Jesus by Mao Dun -- Anna Bujatti: Lu Xun, Xu Zhimo, Ai Qing, and Mao Dun: The Human Face of Jesus Christ -- Roman Malek, s.v.d.: Der Sozialreformer Jesus. Das Leben Jesu nach Wu Leichuan (1869–1944) -- Ekman P.C. Tam: The Cross and the Lotus: Karl Ludvig Reichelt’s (1877–1952) Mission Theology and Methodology -- Winfried Glüer: Jesus in the Theology of T.C. Chao (1888–1979) -- Gotelind Müller: Lin Yutang (1895–1976), Christianity, and Jesus : A Bundle of Contradictions -- Matthias Christian, s.v.d.: John C.H. Wu (1899–1986) on Christ and China -- Poling J. Sun: Jesus in the Writings of Wang Mingdao -- Anthony S.K. Lam: The Image of Jesus in Kung Kao Po 1928 to 1930.

Anthology III: Richard Wilhelm (1873–1930): Jesus von Nazareth -- Hu Shi (1891–1962): The Death of Jesus -- Chu Chih-hsin [Zhu Zhixin] (1885–1920): What is Jesus? -- Ch’en Tu-hsiu [Chen Duxiu] (1879–1942): Jesus, the Incarnation of Universal Love -- Bing Xin (1900–1999): Gethsemane and Golgatha -- Lu Xun (1881–1936): Revenge (II) -- Wang Jingzhi (1902–1996): The Cross -- P.C. Hsu [Xu Baoqian] (1892–1944): Uniqueness of Jesus from a Chinese Standpoint -- T.C. Chao [Zhao Zichen] (1888–1979): What Jesus Means to Me -- L.C. Wu [Wu Leichuan] (1869–1944): Jesus as I Know Him -- T.C. Chao [Zhao Zichen] (1888–1979): The Pathway by Which I Know Jesus -- Wu Yao Tsong [Wu Yaozong] (1893–1979): My Conception of the Universe and of Life since I Knew Jesus -- Hoh Loan Shi: My Most Vital Sermon. The Spirit of the One Hundred and Twenty (Acts 1:12-14) -- Zia Nai-Zing [Xie Fuya] (1892–1991): Jesus as I Know Him -- Wang Shih Tsing: What Jesus Means To Me -- Peter S. Kuan: Jesus as I Know Him -- K.S. Wang: The Christ of the Chinese Road -- Xu Zhimo (1897–1931): Kalvarienberg -- Paul G. Hayes: The Virgin Birth in Chinese Thought -- George A. Young: Jesus, the Fourth Gospel and New China -- Lo Ch’uan-fang [Luo Chuanfang]: Jesus as a Missionary -- Andrew C.Y. Cheng [Cheng Zhiyi] (1898–1939): Follow­ing Jesus -- T.C. Chao [Zhao Zichen] (1888–1979): Jesus and the Reality of God -- Chiang Kai-shek [Jiang Jieshi] (1887–1975): Jesus Christus als Revolutionär.

Contents of Volume 3b:
Part IV: Contemporary Faces and Images of Jesus Christ.
Philip Clart: Jesus in Chinese Popular Sects; Marián Gálik: Jesus the Proletarian. A Biography by Zhu Weizhi (1905–1999); Wang Xiaochao: Marxist Interpretations of Jesus in China (1949–1999); Kristin Kupfer: Images of Jesus Christ in Christian Inspired Spiritual and Religious Movements in China since 1978; Barbara Hoster: “Rereading the Bible.” Jesus in Chinese Poems of the Late 20th Century; Peter C. Phan: Jesus with a Chinese Face. C.S. Song’s Jesus-Oriented Christology; Benoît Vermander, S.J.: Jesus Christ as Seen by Chinese Catholic Theologians Today; Gotthard Oblau: Himmlischer Arzt, Fürsprecher, Mahner und Weiser. Das Christusbild in chinesischen (evangelischen) Zeugnissen der Gegenwart; Heup Young Kim: Toward a Christotao: Christ as the Theanthropocosmic Tao; Jonathan Tan Yun-ka: Jesus, the Crucified and Risen Sage. Constructing a Contemporary Confucian Christology; Edmond Tang: The Cosmic Christ. The Search for a Chinese Theology; Joseph H. Wong, O.S.B. Cam.: Homo nobilis and Christ the Perfect Man. Fang Tung-mei, Karl Rahner, and the Chinese Face of Jesus; Liu Xiaofeng: A Trinitarian View on quaestio fidei in the Context of Modern Culture; Wolfgang Kubin: Vox clamantis in deserto. The Worldly Faces of Jesus Christ: China and the West.

Anthology IV: Dom Pierre-Célestin Lou Tseng-Tsiang, O.S.B. (1871–1949): Ways of Confucius and of Christ; John C.H. Wu (1899–1986): A Chinese Tunic for Christ; Guo Moruo (1892–1978): Jesus and Stalin; Ya Xian: The Monastery; Lin Yutang (1895–1976): The Teachings of Jesus; Chiang Kai-shek (1888–1975): Testimony on Good Friday 1960; Ji Xian: Type-B Blood; Chiang Kai-shek (1888–1975): Testimony on Easter 1961; Chiang Kai-shek (1888–1975): Testimony on Easter 1963; Chiang Kai-shek (1888–1975): Testimony on Easter 1964; Frère Pierre Zhou: Rêve de Noël; Jesus, Mao, and Gesta Dei per Sinenses (1966–1976); Yesu (Zongjiao cidian, Shanghai 1981); Choan-seng Song: From the Point-Nosed to the Flat-Nosed Christ; Simon Zhao: Bitter Cup and the Place of Skulls; A.B. Chang Ch’un-shen, S.J.: Jesus Christus – Der „Himmel-Mensch“ und das ch’i in der Christologie; Shen Yifan (1928–1994): Paradoxe Wahrheit des Kreuzes; Ch’iao Lin: The Face of Christ; Bai Hua: Auferstehen; Wang Meng: On the Cross; Han Bide: Why Jesus Christ Died on the Cross; Ding Guangxun (K.H. Ting): The Cosmic Christ; Gu Cheng (1956–1993): The Cross; Jung Young Lee: Jesus Christ: The Perfect Realization of Change; Wang Weifan: Meditationen über Jesus; Sha Yexin: Jesus, Confucius, and John Lennon: Act I; Choan-seng Song: Jesus, the Reign of God, and the Crucified People; Agnes Lee, S.M.I.C.: Jesus Christ and the Christian Identity in China; Harmony in Jesus Christ (fabc); Edmund Chia, F.S.C.: Face of Jesus Christ in Asia; Luis Antonio G. Tagle – Jacob Theckanath: Faces and Images of Jesus Christ in Asia.

Archive consists of source documents concerning the Chinese Rites controversy chiefly from the Biblioteca nazionale centrale Vittorio Emanuele (BNC.VE) collected and microfilmed by Claudia von Collani. Microfilms were converted into .tif images in folders according to microform document roll/reel numbers. A catalog was compiled by Dr. von Collani and an enhanced and enlarged index was created by Dr. Paul Rule, editor of the Rites history project. We have retained the folder/reel organization, and each reel is indexed and cataloged by content and topic. Documents are chiefly in Latin with a host of other European languages.
Folder [reel] 1 begins here. Successive folders to follow.

Reel 1 BNC FG 1246 [positive]
[CvC Mcf Roll 1, on CD1] BNC.VE Ges. 1246/1 ff. 3r-19v. [TIF00010005- 23]
Acta Illustrissimi D. Maigrot Episcopi Cononensis in Aula Pekinensi Imperatoris Sinarum extracta ex documentis authenticis missis ad S. Pontificem ab Imperatore Peking, 19 December 1706 (17ff)

BNC.VE Ges. 1246/2 ff. 22-122. [TIF100022-123 ]
Gesta per Rev. Patrem Fray Didacum Collado Ordinis Praedicatorum Procuratoris Provinciae S.mi Rosarii in Insulis Philippinis in Romana, et Regis Catholici Curia in causa proponens pro Religionibus Sanctorum Dominici Francisci, et Augustini contra Patres Societatis Jesu.
Gesta per Rev. Patrem Franc. Baptistam Morales Ordinis Praedicatorum Procuratorem Provinciae Sanctissimi Rosarij in Insulis Philippinis in causa Regni Sinarum, seu Chinarum pro Religionibus Sanctorum Dominici Francisci contra Patres Societatis Jesu. [on BNC tp & tp of ms]
But on first page of ms (f.24r): Relacion del progresso de los negotios de las Misiones del Japon para inteligencia de los papeles y copias que quedan en Roma’.
Ms. Spanish. Author not named but probably a Dominican in Rome. Seems to stop in mid sentence and never gets to Morales so entirely about grievances of Friars in Japan against the Jesuits.

BNC.VE Ges. 1246/3 ff. 125r-222v. [TIF100124- 225. TIF225 blank]
Giovanni Francesco Nicolai da Leonessa OFM
Scripturae exhibitae ab Ill.mo ac R.mo Domino Fr. Ioanne Francisco de Nicolais Episcopi Beritensis
Animadversiones P. Francisci Noël Procuratoris Sinensis Societatis Jesu in scripturas Ill.mi ac R.mi D.ni Fr. Joannis Francisci de Nicolais Episcopi Beritensis

BNC.VE Ges. 1246/4 ff. 228r-293r. (followed by several blank pages) [TIF100226-297]
Kilian Stumpf
Compendium actorum Pekinensium 1705-1706
Peking, 1. November 1706 (65ff)
’Cop. d Pekino’ (f.226) Attested at the end by Antoine Thomas as the work of Stumpf.
A copy, not in hand of Thomas but could be Joseph Suarez.

BNC.VE Ges. 1246/5 ff. 297-325. [TIF 00010298-328]
Memorial del Procurador de Japon de la Compania de Jesus para el rey Nro S.or [BNC title]
Apologia Societatis contra calumnias ipsi irrogatas a F. Joanne de S.ta Maria Provinciali Franciscanorum in Indies Occidentales. (tp f.298)
Illegible

BNC.VE Ges. 1246/6 ff. 328-363. [TIF 00010328-365 ]
Facultas et privilegia concessa PP. Gallis apud Sinas et Indos degentibus a R. P. N. Generali ad instantiam Regis Christianissimi
Unsigned and not dated [CvC gives 1704 but separation granted 1700].

[Local dig. access: Collani Archives]

Collects various Catholic writings of the "Three Pillars 三柱" of the early Chinese Church; includes a one-page glossary of sections of the Bible, with English titles alongside Catholic and Protestant Chinese transliterations. Content mainly prefaces and postscripts for Jesuit texts.

Sectarianism and religious persecution in China : a page in the history of religions / by J. J. M. De Groot.
Title in Chinese at head of t.p.: Zhongguo ge jiaopai shoukushi 中國各教派受苦史.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reprint of: Amsterdam, J. Miller, 1903-1904 ed. which was printed in the series Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Letterkunde. Nieuwe reeks, deel 4, no. 1-2.

Vol. 1: Fundamental principals of Confucianism regarding heresy and persecution, historical survey of persecution until the 17th century, legislation on Convents and religious life, officers for control of clergy, rescripts concerning convents and temples, Lamaism, Law against heresy and sects, Xiantian 先天 Sect, Longhua 龍華 Sect, Tang persecution of Buddhism, Yao Chong 姚崇, Han Yu 韓愈 anti-Buddhist memorial, Yuan-era Buddhism, Amita, White Lotus.
Vol. 2: Persecution of Qing Gaozong, anti-Christian, anti-Jesuit edicts, Islamic movements and rebellions in Gansu, Turkestan (Xinjiang), persecution of Christians in Sichuan, Shandong, Henan, Zhili, Treaty of Tianjin, (vol. ends 1861)
***Graphic resource

Second copy found in ASCC stacks (BL1801.G9 1963 c.2). A different edition (1970) in ASCC stacks as well (BL1801.G9 1963 c.3).

The interpretation of Tang Christianity in the Late Ming China mission : Manuel Dias Jr.'s correct explanation of the Tang "Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching" (1644) / by Matteo Nicolini-Zani.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
English text, partially translated from the Chinese.

Cover illustration: Manuel Dias Jr., Tang jingjiao beisong zhengquan 唐景教碑頌正詮 [Correct Explanation of the Tang Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching] (Wulin [Hangzhou]: Tianzhutang, 1644), copy Bodleian Library Sinica 2643, frontispiece (unnumbered folio), courtesy of The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

The book contains the first annotated English translation of the Correct Explanation of the Tang “Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching” (1644) by the Jesuit Manuel Dias Jr. and other late Ming Chinese Christian sources interpreting the “venerable ancestor” of the Jesuit mission, namely, the mission of the Church of the East in Tang China.
Based on this documentation, the book reconstructs the process of “appropriation” by Jesuit missionaries and their Chinese converts of ancient traces of Christianity that were discovered in China in the first half of the seventeenth century, such as the Xi’an stele (781) and other Christian relics.

Local access dig.pdf. [Nicolini-Zani-Tang Christianity.pdf]

Contents
Preface vii
Abbreviations ix
List of Figures xiii
Introduction
1 A Venerable Ancestor: The Appropriation of Tang Christianity by Jesuit Missionaries and Chinese Converts 
1 The Context: The Tang Christian Stele and Its Interpretations 
2 The Precious Stele: A Foundation Stone for the Seventeenth-Century China Mission 
3 The Holy Crosses: The Xi’an Stone Confirmed by Other Ancient
Traces of Christianity in China 
2 A Multi-Level Commentary: The Correct Explanation of the Tang “Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching” by Manuel Dias Jr. 
1 Between Interpretation, Instruction, and Apology: The Contents 
2 A Complex Work with a Long Life: The Structure, Editions, and Reprints 
3 The Man behind the Text: The Author 

Annotated Translation
Preliminary Note on the Translation “Correct Explanation of the Tang Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching” (Tang jingjiao beisong zhengquan 唐景教碑頌正詮) by Manuel Dias Jr., s.j. 
Preface 
《景教流行中國碑頌并序》[Ancient Traces of the Heavenly Studies] 

Correct Explanation of the Stele Eulogy on the Diffusion of the Luminous Teaching in China 

Appendix 1: “After Reading the Stele Inscription of the Luminous Teaching” (Du jingjiao beishu hou 讀景教碑書後, 1625) By Li Zhizao 李之藻
Appendix 2: “Stele Inscription for the Church of the Luminous Teaching” ( Jingjiaotang beiji 景教堂碑記, between 1625 and 1627) By Xu Guangqi 徐光啟 
Appendix 3: “A Clarification about an Iron Cross” (Tie shizi zhu 鐵十字 著, 1627) By Xu Guangqi 徐光啟
Appendix 4: “Preface to the Stele with a Cross Unearthed in Wurong” (Wurong chudi shizijia beixu 武榮出地十字架碑序, 1633) By Zhang Geng 張賡
Appendix 5: “A Poem in Honor of Giulio Aleni, s.j.” (Late Ming dynasty) By Ke Xianshi 柯憲世
Appendix 6: “Outline of the Orthodox Way of the Lord of Heaven” (Tianzhu zhengdao jielüe 天主正道解略, 1644) 
Appendix 7: “A Study of the Luminous Teaching” ( Jingjiao kao 景教考, ca. 1644) By Qian Qianyi 錢謙益
Bibliography 
Index 

Tianzhutang jishi ji 天主堂基石記

Citation:
[Text#] 35. Anon., Tianzhutang jishi ji 天主堂基石記 (1863-1892), preceded by twelve inscriptions, notes, etc. from the period 1635-1800)

144R ZKW 640 C [d]
undated ms., Tianzhu Tang jishi ji 天主堂基石記, 29 ffnc (9 / ca. 28); ff. 1-2, index (24 documents); ff. 1-22: twelve inscriptions, notes, edicts, or memorials regarding Christianity (1635, 1641, 1660, 1691, 1692, 1697, 1700, 1730, 1733, 1789, 1800); ff. 23-27, eleven inscriptions (1863-1892) for churches built in the Shanghai area.
Note 81: E.g. Edict of Toleration (1692, ff. 14-15), two edicts (ff. 3-4, 5; cf. 096R, ff. 39-42 and note 66), two inscriptions (1660, 1730, ff. 6-7, 17-21; cf. note 66, 156R, ff. 18-20). The memorials (ff. 13-14, 16) are by Pereira (1691) and Grimaldi (1700). Several items are from Suzhou fuzhi (1697, 1789, 1800), e.g. Suzhou Tianzhu Tang ji 蘇州天主堂記 (1697, ff. 8-9). One document (on the Nanking persecution of 1616/17) is missing: Wang Fengsu Yang Manuo beizhu ji 王豐肅楊瑪諾被逐記 (see index). --Cf. Adrian Dudink, The "Zikawei Collection" (Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996)), p.32-33.

In volume 5 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.

"From the Ming and Qing periods there are several collections of imperial edicts or memorials by officials which contain material related to Christianity ... Missionaries and converts themselves collected memorials and edicts related to Christianity in order to show how much the Emperor, officials and other literati favoured the missionaries and respected their doctrine....There were three major contemporary collections of this type...the second is a compilation, Xichao chongzheng ji, attributed to Giulio Aleni and published in 1639....the third....is Xichao ding’an, which by 1684 comprised 3 juan. The publication started in the early 1670’s and had the purpose of defending the ‘restored’ Western astronomy – in April 1669 Ferdinand Verbiest had replaced Yang Guangxian as head of the Astronomical Bureau..." Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, p. 132

Local access dig.pdf. [Han Qi-Xichao.pdf]

"Zhengjiao fengbao....covers the period from the Tang dynasty up to 1826, but mainly the years 1580-1800...." Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v. 1, p. 133-134.

Local access digital pdf. [Hoang-ZhengjiaoFengbao.pdf]

"本書從清至民國年間現存568種各級地方誌中, 輯錄了有關基督教的豐富材料, 分地區按年代編排, 具有重要的史料價值"--OCLC note.

本書輯錄資料，主要選自纂修于清至民國年間的現存各地通志、府志、州志、縣志及鄉鎮志等各級地方志書，共計579種，涵蓋28個省、自治區、直轄市。其中大部分是已刊的刻印、石印或鉛印本，少部分是未刊稿和油印稿。 本書所輯資料采用分地區按年代順序編排，具體順序以《中國地方志聯合目錄》（北京：中華書局，1985）一書所列方志目錄為準。
【本書目錄】 - 凡例 - 前言 - 北京市 - 順義縣志 - 通縣志要 延慶州鄉土志要略 - 上海市 - 天津市 - 河北省 - 陜西省 - 內蒙古自治區 - 遼寧省 - 吉林省 - 黑龍江省 - 甘肅省 - 青海省 新疆維吾爾自治區 - 山東省 - 江蘇省 - 浙江省 - 安徽省 - 江西省 - 福建省 - 河南省 - 湖北省 - 湖南省 - 廣東省 - 廣西壯族自治區 - 四川省 - 貴州省 - 云南省 - 西藏自治區 - 附錄.