Local access dig.pdf. in folder: [Andrew Chung Series].

本書據法囯巴黎尚蒂宜耶穌會圖書館藏本排印.
Cover illustration: Bibliotheque des Fontaines
明末淸初耶稣会思想汇编 = 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50册.

Local access dig.pdf. in folder: [Andrew Chung Series].

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

Arranged in 3 sections, on the nature of God and His doctrine, criticism of atheism and superstition; on creation. Criticism of Buddhism, idolatry of Buddhist images, and Buddhist sects. Criticism of Daoism and popular religions, dieties, and practices (fengshui geomancy, divination, physiognomy)

JapSin I, 150
Xingmi pian 醒迷篇.
By an anonymous author.
Manuscript, one juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. No date.

The cover bears the title Xingshu pian 醒述篇 (the character shu 述 is a mistake for mi 迷). The Latin inscription reads: “Sim mi pien | Espergefactio coecorum, seu de Deo & refutatio idolatriae | et superstitionum si | nicarum | auctore Anonymo.”

Arabic numbers are given on the folios. On folio 3 after the characters mulu 目錄 (table of contents) and on folio 5 after the title Xingmipian 醒迷篇 one finds the seal 天學圖書 and in each of the treatises the seal of Yinghe 英和之印 (both also found on the title page).
Both the handwriting and the style of the manuscript are poor. Vulgar words are often used, which gives the impression that the author was an uneducated catechist.

This manuscript was written to refute superstitions, regardless of which religion. It does not try to go in for historical facts. For instance, although the Xiyouji 西游記, which tells of the travel of the Buddhist monk Xuanzang (596–664) to India, is a novel, Xuanzang himself was a historical person who did bring back to China Buddhist scriptures. The author of the Xingmipian, however, tries to disprove that fact, saying that: “the prayers recited by Buddhists in our days are not prayers from the West. There are no prayers handed down from India.” This statement is certainly incorrect.

Cf. Courant 7149, 7150 I, 7151 I.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 202.