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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"Lingyan lishao 靈言蠡勺 (Humble Attempt at Discussing Matters Pertaining to the Soul).... One of the most important themes taken from Aristotelianism was the question of the soul, as appears from several writings devoted to this subject. Francesco Sambiasi (1582-1649) and Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) presented the theory of Aristotle's De Anima in Lingyan lishao 靈言蠡勺 (1624). Aleni gave a synopsis of this work, and of Parva Naturalia, in Xingxue cushu 性學觕述, written in 1624, but printed in its entirety only in early 1646 during the Longwu reign (Southern Ming) in Fujian." -- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 607. See also p. 445, 613, and: "...In accordance with the state of knowledge at the time, which viewed the soul as being closely associated with the nerves" (i.e. nervous system, medicine), p. 791.

"Lingyan lishao 靈言蠡勺 (Humble Attempt at Discussing Matters Pertaining to the Soul).... One of the most important themes taken from Aristotelianism was the question of the soul, as appears from several writings devoted to this subject. Francesco Sambiasi (1582-1649) and Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) presented the theory of Aristotle’s De Anima in Lingyan lishao 靈言蠡勺 (1624). Aleni gave a synopsis of this work, and of Parva Naturalia, in Xingxue cushu 性學觕述, written in 1624, but printed in its entirety only in early 1646 during the Longwu reign (Southern Ming) in Fujian." -- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 607. See also p. 445, 613, and: "...In accordance with the state of knowledge at the time, which viewed the soul as being closely associated with the nerves" (i.e. nervous system, medicine), p. 791.
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The cover bears the title written in ink and a Latin inscription: “Brevis explicatio | Animae Rationalis | a p. Nic. Longobardo, S.J.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 65, no. 9; Hsü 1949, pp. 205–207; Courant 6874, 6915–IV; Couplet, p. 8; BR, p. XXX; JWC 1:97.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 164.

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

N.B. Although the following description applies to the Jesuit Archive edition (which differs slightly), the background still applies. For full bibliographic and textual citation see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

JapSin II, 60
Lingyan lishuo 靈言蠡勺
Transmitted orally by Bi Fangji 筆方濟 (Francesco Sambiasi) and written down by Xu Guangqi 徐根光啟.
Two juan. Bamboo paper with a paper case. Wooden blocks reengraved and published by the Shenxiutang 慎修堂 (in Hangzhou). No date or place of the original publication.

The cover bears a label with the title in Chinese and a Latin inscription: "De Anima vegetati | va, sensitiva, | rationali | a p. Franc. Sambiasi | S.J."

This book deals with the nature of the three kinds of souls: the vegetative, the sensitive and the rational soul. The term ya-ni-ma 亞尼馬 is a transliteration of the Latin word anima (soul). In 1919, when the scholar Chen Yuan (1880–1971) had this book reprinted, he stated that among all the philosophical treatises published in the Tianxue chuhan the Lingyan lishao is the best. We are told that the Shenxiutang edition was reprinted in the Chongzhen period. According to Pfister (p. 142, no. 1) this book was [first?] printed in Shanghai or Jiading in 1624 and based on the Tianxue chuhan. A century later this book brought about the conversion of Surgiyen (see Sunu, ECCP), a member of the Manchu imperial clan (see DMB 2:1151, L.C. Goodrich).
Cf. Feng 1938, pp. 167–168; Hsü 1949, pp. 200–204; SKTY 3:2631–2632; Courant 6863–6867; Couplet, p. 15; BR, pp. XXXII–XXXIII.
Source: Chan, Chinese books and documents in the Jesuit archives in Rome: a descriptive catalogue: Japonica-Sinica I-IV, p. 365-366.

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

JapSin I, 149
Shengshi churao 盛世芻蕘.
By Feng Bingzheng 馮秉正 (Joseph Marie Anne de Moyriac de Mailla, 1669–1748).
Five juan. Chinese white paper.
Only juan 5 is preserved.

The first edition of this book was published in Beijing in 1733. It consists of five parts: 1. 溯源篇, 2. 救贖篇, 3. 靈魂篇, 4. 賞罰篇, 5. 異端篇. Cf. Courant 7052–7054: “Modeste recueil chrétien. Sur la création, la rédemption, l’âme, la rémunération, les fausses doctrines.”

Cf. Pfister, p. 600, no. 3; Hsü 1949, pp. 82–83; JWC 2:307–312.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 201.

陳善闢邪要務, 仁愛聖所梓行, 遠西耶穌會士馮秉正瑞友指示 ; 通會高尚德懷義, 雷孝思永維, 宋君榮奇英校閱 ; 值會戴進賢嘉賓鑒定 ; 從校後學任伯多祿付梓, 楊多默纂錄.
Keywords: God and Creation, fall of Adam, expulsion from the Garden, redemption, the soul, false religions, religious errors, merit and demerit.

Cover illustration: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Borg. cine. 381 (6)
明末清初耶穌會思想文獻匯編 = An expository collection of the Christian philosophical works between the end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the Qing dynasty in China ; 第22冊.

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JapSin II, 16
Xingxue cushu 性學觕述.
By Ai Rulue 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).
Eight juan. Bamboo paper in three ce bound in one volume, European style. Published by the Catholic church of Fuzhou (Fujian) in 1646 (丙戌).

There is a label with the title on each ce; the first ce bears a Latin inscription: “De Physica | auctore P. Julio Aleni, S.J., 8 tomi.”

This book is an introduction to psychology: juan 1–2 deal with the nature of the soul; juan 3 with the question of growth; juan 4 with the five senses; juan 5 with the functions of the senses; juan 6 with the nature of three kinds of souls; juan 7 with the human mind and with dreams; juan 8 with the question of long and short life, etc. Aleni tried to give a general course of psychology as it was studied in Europe; many of the facts were entirely new to his Chinese readers. At the same time he tried to correct wrong ideas which might have been derived from traditional wrong perceptions.
The book is an adaptation (hence the title page speaks of yizhu “translated and composed”) of a Coimbra course on Aristotelian psychology, viz., the first six chapters of De Anima (Coimbra, 1598) and the two last chapters of Parva Naturalia (Lyon, 1594; Lisbon 1598).

Chen Yi, a native of Fuzhou prefecture (Fujian), obtained the jinshi degree in 1610. He was a disciple of Zhao Canlu 趙參魯 (zi 宗傅, hao 心堂), a native of Ningbo (Zhejiang). He met Ricci at the residence of Zhao, when the latter was Minister of Justice in Nanjing. In 1616, when Chen came to Beijing, he met Diego de Pantoja and Aleni. He seems to have become a friend of the missioners, especially of Aleni, whose movements he followed with great interest. In his preface he makes mention of the calendar reform and of the translation of (mathematical and astronomical) books which had been done in 1629, whence we conclude that it must have been written after this date. The introduction by Zhu Shiheng shows that he was a Christian, probably a new convert of Aleni. The preface of Aleni was signed at the Shenxiutang 慎修堂, the Catholic church in Hangzhou. The Chinese date 天啟甲子 (Tianqi 4), however, does not agree with the Western 1623 (千六百二十三). In this case I think it should be 1624. The book was probably written also in Hangzhou.
The Xingxue cushu was reprinted (third edition) by Xujiahui (Zikawei) (Shanghai) in 1922 (one volume, 218 pages). For another edition, see Jap-Sin II, 21.

Cf. Pfister, p. 134, no. 8; Hsü 1949, pp. 210–214.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 295-297.

JapSin II, 16a
Xingxue cushu 性學觕述.
By Ai Rulue 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).

This is an exact copy of Jap-Sin II 16
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 297.

JapSin II, 21
Xingxue cushu 性學觕述.
By Ai Rulüe 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).
Eight juan (juan 1–3 are missing). Bamboo paper bound in one volume European style.

The cover bears a label with the title and a Latin inscription: “De natura et | distinctione Animarum | Liber Sinicus editus a Patre | Julio Alenio Soc.^tis Jesu.”

Online at Gallica
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"... Zhuzhi qunzheng (On Divine Providence, 2 juan, 1636), a translation of Leonard Lessius De Providentia Numinis (1613). The first juan contains...an explanation of human anatomy and physiology, especially the intricate network of bones, veins, arteries and nerves, to show that this must have been created by a divine being." --(Cf. N. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 790)

明末清初耶穌會思想文獻匯編 = An expository collection of the Christian philosophical works between the end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the Qing dynasty in China ; 第16冊.

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