Publishers note--This book reconstructs the life of a Jesuit missionary in a small inland residence in China (Ch'ang-shu, Chiang-nan Province), primarily but not exclusively on the basis of the evidence of a newly (re)discovered private Account Book covering the period from October 1674 to April/May 1676. This 'pocket' note book mainly represents the missionary's private expenses, and, to a much lesser extent, the revenues he received. As such it is an exceptional document in the missionary documentation. Absolutely unique is the part concerning his personal 'spiritual' exercises, his successes as well as failings in that field. After a lengthy introduction, in which both the life of the author and the complex composition of the Account Book are reconstructed, the text is presented, in a bilingual Latin - English edition. In seven chapters the contents are further described and analysed from various angles: the general topographical setting; the author's ten journeys through the region in 1674-1676; the social contacts referred to; the various aspects of priestly and pastoral life; the means of propagation, written as well as pictorial; the material culture of the mission; the financial structure of the whole undertaking, including the patterns of expenditure revealed. All the evidence available in this Account Book is combined with other contemporary information, mainly from unpublished sources, including a large number of quotations from the lost Couplet - Rougemont correspondence that has survived in Estrix's Elogium F. de Rougemont (1690), the text of which is also published here for the first time. Thus the Account Book assumes its place as an exceptional private document with a major relevance for the reconstruction of missionary life in China.

Contents: Introduction - 1. Biography of F. de Rougemont, S.J. - 2. The manuscript of the Account Book - 3. General appreciation of the Account Book c.s. as an historical source - 4. Appendix: conspectus litterarum/de Rougemonts correspondence - Text and translation – Commentaries
1. The topographical setting of the Account Book: The Christian topography of de Rougemont's 'parish' - 2. De Rougemonts movements inside his mission - 3. Social life: De Rougemont in Chines Society - 4. Priestly life - 5. The means of propagation and propaganda - 6. The material culture in the mission - 7. The finances of the mission.

Qingchu Yesuhuishi Lu Riman : Changshu zhangben ji lingxiu biji yanjiu 清初耶穌會​​士魯日滿 : 常熟帳本及靈修筆記研究 = François de Rougemont, S.J., Missionary in Ch'ang-shu (Chiang-nan) : A Study of the Account Book (1674-1676) and the Elogium / by Noël Golvers 高華士, Ad Dudink 杜鼎克, and François de Rougemont 魯日滿, 1624-1676 ; translated by Zhao Dianhong 趙殿紅, revised (審校) by Liu Yimin 劉益民.

Translation of François de Rougemont, S.J., missionary in Ch'ang-shu (Chiang-nan) : a study of the account book (1674-1676) and the Elogium / by Noël Golvers [1999] -- original record and further information available Here

Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-596).

Primarily a scholarly study by Golvers, but includes a translation of the original text of the account book by Rougemont as well as an appendix concerning the account book's transcription by Dudink. Also features a glossary, index of names, bibliography, illustrations incl. representative manuscript pages and maps.
Note that Golvers is credited on cover, title page by his Chinese name, Gao Huashi 高華士.

本書是比利時著名漢學家高華士(Noel Golvers)博士研究天主教傳華史的一部力作，重現了17世紀耶穌會士魯日滿(Franois de Rotagemont，S.J.1624—1676)在中國的傳教活動及生活狀況。魯日滿於17世紀60年代末從比利時來到中國，一直以常熟為中心，在江南地區從事傳教工作。本書的研究對像是作者新近發現的魯日滿在江南的私人賬本，賬本記錄的時間從1674年10月到1675年5月，主要記錄魯日滿的私人花費和部分收入。其中還有他個人的精神生活片斷和一些傳教觀點等。高華士以其深厚的拉丁文素養，將這本賬本翻譯成英文，並用了七章的篇幅對它進行了深入細緻的研究，從而詳細描繪了這位傳教士的具體生活和賬本本身所折射的歷史意義。這是一部極為詳細的專題研究，深入揭示了西方傳教士在明清時期中國的具體活動情況，同時，書中的專章對賬本包含的經濟意義的研究，也很大裨益於中國明清經濟史的研究。