A Chinese Jesuit catechism : Giulio Aleni's four character classic 四字經文 / Anthony E. Clark.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Translation of Wang Yinglin's Sanzijing 三字經 (Three Character Classic) -- 3: Chapter Translation of Giulio Aleni's Sizijingwen 四字經文 (Four Character Classic) -- Giulio Aleni's Oeuvre -- Bibliography -- Index.

"This book is the first scholarly study of the famous Jesuit Chinese children's primer, the Four Character Classic, written by Giulio Aleni (1582-1649) while living in Fujian, China. This book also includes masterful translations of both Wang Yinglin's (1551-1602) hallowed Confucian Three Character Classic and Aleni's Chinese catechism that was published during the Qing (1644-1911). Clark's careful reading of the Four Character Classic provides new insights into an area of the Jesuit mission in early modern China that has so far been given little attention, the education of children. This book underscores how Aleni's published work functions as a good example of the Jesuit use of normative Chinese print culture to serve the catechetical exigencies of the Catholic mission in East Asia, particularly his meticulous imitation of Confucian children's primers to promote decidedly Christian content." --back cover

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Alfonso Vagnone's Tongyou Jiaoyu (On the Education of Children, c. 1632) : the earliest encounter between Chinese and European pedagogy / Giulia Falato.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Giulia Falato's work on Alfonso Vagnone S.J.' s (1568-1640) Tongyou jiaoyu (On the Education of Children) offers a systematic study of the earliest treatise on European pedagogy and its first annotated translation in English. In particular, it highlights the role of Tongyou jiaoyu as a cultural bridge between the Chinese and Western traditions. Drawing from archival materials and multi-language literature, Falato produces an insightful account of the Jesuit's background, the pedagogical debate in late-Ming China, and the making and main sources of the treatise. Through the diachronic analysis of a selection of philosophical terms, this work also provides a fresh perspective on the Jesuits' lexical innovations and contribution to the formation of the modern Chinese lexicon.

1. European Education and the Society of Jesus in the 15th and 16th Centuries -- 1. Jesuits and the Humanist Education -- 2. The Ratio Studiorum -- 3. Alfonso Vagnone's Literary Formation -- 2. Chinese Pedagogy during the Song and Ming Dynasties -- 1. A Historical Overview of Chinese Traditional Education -- 1.1. The "San -- Bai -- Qian -- 三－百－千 and Other Primers for Preschool Education -- 2. Zhu Xi and Xiaoxue 小學 (Elementary Learning, 1187) -- 3. The Educational Debate in Late Ming China -- 3. The Making of Tongyou jiaoyu: a 17 Year-Long Journey -- 1. Vagnone's Reasons to Write about Pedagogy -- 2. The Making of the Book and the Year of Publication: Some Related Issues -- 3. The Book's Content and Main Topics: Between Classical and Renaissance Pedagogy -- 4. Sources of Tongyou jiaoyu: An Open Debate -- 1 The Classical Influence on Vagnone's Work: Plutarch and Quintilian's Treatises on Education -- 1.1. Plutarch's Moral Education in Peri paidon agoges -- 1.2. The Precursor of Modern Pedagogy: Quinitilian's Institutio oratoria -- 2. Vagnone's Source of Inspiration: Juan Bonifacio's Treatise Christiani Pueri Institutio -- 3. Maffeo Vegio, Desiderius Erasmus, and Juan de Torres: Renaissance Pedagogy Transmitted to 17th Century China -- 4. The Influence of Chinese Canonical Texts on Tongyou jiaoyu -- 5. Into the Text: A Study on Vagnone's Language and Style -- 1. The Rhetorical Use of chreiai and gnomai -- 2. Lexical Analysis and Related Considerations -- 3. Toponyms in Tongyou jiaoyu -- 4. The Examples of Nature and Animals -- 5. Branches of Western Learning -- 6. Translating the Name of God -- 7. Further Religious and Pedagogical Terms.

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