Int'orŭch'et'a ŭi Lat'inŏ Chungyong pip'an chŏngbon 인토르체타 의 라틴어 중용  비판 정본 / 

Prospero Intorcetta tranlated by An Chae-wŏn 안재원 

Prospero Intorcetta S.J. : Sapientia Sinica ed Epistolario (I parte) / Luisa M. Paternicò and Davor Antonucci

Abstract (translated from Italian):

This volume is dedicated to the Sicilian Jesuit missionary Prospero Intorcetta (1625–1696) and his early writings, and forms part of a broader project aimed at producing a critical edition of his complete works, including his extensive correspondence. The texts are presented in facsimile or in transcription from the originals, accompanied by an Italian translation and a substantial critical apparatus designed to facilitate comprehension and to identify sources.

A central figure in the Jesuit mission in China, Intorcetta was a profound connoisseur of the Confucian thought and played a key role in its dissemination in Europe. He also held high offices within the Society of Jesus, which led him to report to Rome on missionary strategies during the Rites Controversy. In this context, he advocated forward-looking positions, including the training of a local clergy and the translation of canonical texts into Chinese, as well as the use of the Chinese language in liturgy.

The volume includes an updated chronology of Intorcetta’s life and works, his autobiography up to 1672, a first section of his correspondence (1646–1673), and a critical edition of the Sapientia Sinica (1662), which contains translations of the Confucian classics Great Learning and Analects (Books I–V), as well as a short biography of Confucius. The materials gathered, as the result of research conducted in numerous international archives, constitute a significant contribution to Sinological studies, missiology, and the history of the cultural exchange and dialogue between Europe and China.

The forgotten Christians of Hangzhou / D. E. Mungello.

"Based on manuscripts from the once inaccessible former Jesuit library of Zikawei in Shanghai, this book breaks new ground in focusing on the generation that followed Matteo Ricci and other luminaries of the early China mission. Unusual in its coverage of both Jesuits and their Chinese literati converts, The Forgotten Christians of Hangzhou traces the development of the Christian presence in seventeenth century Hangzhou through the work of Jesuit fathers Martino Martini and Prospero Intorcetta, and Confucian scholar Zhang Xingyao, whose struggle to demonstrate the compatibility of Neo-Confucianism with the 'Lord of Heaven Teaching from the Far West' forms the focus of D. E. Mungello's penetrating study. Zhang and his fellow literati converts were in almost all respects highly orthodox Confucians who nevertheless regarded Christianity as complementary to, and in some respects transcending, Confucianism. Their search for an intellectual blending of the two religions shows that, contrary to important recent studies, Christianity was inculturated into seventeenth-century China far more than has been realized. Prior to their dissolution at the hands of a hostile imperial government a century later, the Hangzhou Christians had built one of the most beautiful churches in East Asia, a seminary for training young Chinese priests, a library and printing center, and a Jesuit cemetery. The church and cemetery have since been reopened and the works of Hangzhou Christians are preserved in libraries in Shanghai, Beijing, and Paris. These architectural and literary monuments help reconstruct the features of one of China's most colorful and historical cities and the experiences of some of her most remarkable inhabitants. The Forgotten Christians of Hangzhou not only tells us their story but adds a new dimension to our knowledge of the assimilation of Christianity by Chinese culture—a process that is still under way today."