Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Foreword: Reading Giulio Aleni's A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature in Light of the Cursus Conimbricensis -"Urtext" -- Mário S. de Carvalho -- Introduction -- Thierry Meynard, S.J., and Dawei Pan -- A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Giulio Aleni -- Preface to A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Cheng Yi -- Preface to The Study of Human Nature -- Qu Shisi -- Foreword to The Study of Human Nature -- Giulio Aleni -- Preface to A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Zhu Shiheng -- First Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Second Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Third Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Fourth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Fifth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Sixth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Seventh Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Eighth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Thierry Meynard and Dawei Pan offer a highly detailed annotated translation of one of the major works of Giulio Aleni, a Jesuit missionary in China. Referred to by his followers as "Confucius from the West", Aleni made his presence felt in the early modern encounter between China and Europe. The two translators outline the complexity of the intellectual challenges that Aleni faced and the extensive conceptual resources on which he built up a fine-grained framework with the aim of bridging the Chinese and Christian spiritual traditions"-- Provided by publisher.

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