Matteo Nicolini-Zani. The Late-Ming Jesuit Stele of 1644 and its Tang Ancestor of 781: Parallels between two Christian Steles found in Xi’an, pp. 9-33.
Minika Miazek-Męczyńska. The Chinese Christians Fighting for the Ming Dynasty, pp. 34-50
Nick Pierce. Mapping the World: a Copy of Verbiest’s Kunyu Quantu in Glasgow, pp. 51-78
Davor Antonucci. Antoine Thomas’ de Bello Cam Hi Imperatoris Tartaro: Sinici contra Tartaros Erutanos. Feliciter Confecto anno 1597: its historical meaning”, pp. 79-100
Paul Rule. Antoine Thomas and the Chinese Rites Controversy: The Conciliator becomes a Victim, pp. 101-113
Noël Golvers. “Jesuit Missionaries in China and their Western Books (1650–1770): Evidence of Spiritual and Devotional Books, pp. 114-149
Pan Feng-Chuan. ’The turn to relation – the Dialogue on the Ethical Issues between the Jesuits and the late Ming Literati, pp. 150-177
Claudia von Collani. Miracles, Death and Devil: Natural and Supernatural Events between the Worlds as described in der Neue Welt-Bott, pp. 200-227
Robert Entenmann. Joachim Enjobert de Martiliat in China, 1732-1746, pp. 228-248.
Françoise Aubin. Defending God in the Turmoil of New China: about the Chajiao Guanjian 差教關鍵 (keys for the examination of religion), 1914/1923, by the Catholic priest Jacobus Zhang (1856-1935), pp.249-280.
Ng Ka Chai. Neumes and Chinese Liturgy: How Liturgical Renewal was Brought to China by Vincent Lebbe, pp.281-295.

In 2007 the 9th Verbiest Symposium took place at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Of the 27 presentations, 12 are published here. These contributions represent both the “ancient mission” (17th-18th centuries) and the mission of “modern times”, since the late 19th century. One of the commitments of the F. Verbiest Institute, indeed, is, not only to stimulate the historical research of the China mission, in all its aspects, but also to focus – if possible – on the forms of continuity between both, in every respect. Another tradition of the Symposia is to focus, not only on the “common” themes, but in addition to this, to select one individual personality in mission history: this time, it was the “Namurois” Antoine Thomas (1644-1709), secretary and (temporary) successor of F. Verbiest, and an important (but underestimated) figure in the history of science (as mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, etc.), and as such a highly interesting “transition” figure between the 17th century missionaries (up to F. Verbiest) and their 18th century successors. The 12 texts, which we are publishing in this volume, do cover a rather broad specter of Chinese mission history: In “The Late-Ming Jesuit Stele of 1644 and its Tang Ancestor of 781: Parallels between two Christian stones found in Xi’an”, Matteo Nicolini-Zani describes two crucial epigraphical testimonies of ancient Chinese Christianity, in the perspective of continuity, demonstrated from some unmistakable linguistic affinities in certain words and sentences in both texts, which strongly suggest that the 1644 stele, erected 20 years after the discovery of the 781 monument, intentionally referred to this first Christian monument from China. The Boym embassy to Rome (in the 1650s) and especially the role of the Great Chancellor Pang Achilleus Tianshou is discussed by Monika Miazek-Męczyńska in “The Chinese Christians fighting for the Ming Dynasty, the Story of an Embassy”, which also publishes a transcription of two Latin letters of Achilleus. N. Pearce presents a study of the copy of F. Verbiest’s Kunyu Quantu in the former T.S. Bayer collection, part of the Hunterian Papers, since 200 years now in the Glasgow University’s Collection. Of the contributions on Antoine Thomas, two are published in this volume. The study of Antoine Thomas’ manuscript “de Bello Erutano”, a unique observation by the Belgian Jesuit, eyewitness of the wars between Kangxi and some of the Western Mongols (1696-1697), is a first presentation of the results of a recent doctoral dissertation at the La Sapienza University (Rome), pursued with much sense of philological meticulousness, and based on a large knowledge of the native Sino-Mongol sources. P. Rule offers, on the basis of a broad knowledge of the original sources, a global overview on the personality and the work of A. Thomas, with special attention for his place in the Chinese Rites Controversies. N. Golvers tries to define the impact which (Western) books about spirituality, and other meditative and devotional publications did have in the mission; he describes so in the context of his current project on “Circulation of Western Books in the Jesuit Mission in the 17th – 18th centuries”. The dialogue on the ethical issues between the Jesuits and the Late Ming literati is discussed by Pan Feng-Chuan. The “ordinary” Chinese convert is represented by Liu Ning (1625?-1715), from Jiangxi province, and his apologetic Jue Si Lu, analyzed by Li Zhen. In her article on “Miracles, Death and Devil. Natural and Supernatural Events between the Worlds”, C. von Collani continues her exploration of the very rich, but largely unexplored materials of the Neue Welt-Bott (18th century); in her conclusion, she arrives at a fair assessment of this source as a mirror of Europe’s view on China. In his paper on Joachim Enjobert de Martiliat (1732-1746), R. Entenmann offers a sympathetic portrait of this French missionary during his stay in Huguang and Sichuan provinces, and of his relation with Johannes Müllener; in the last part, the author also refers to Martiliat’s revision of Basset’s translation of the New Testament. An in-depth discussion on the highly interesting 3 volumes Chajiao Guanjian or “keys for the examination of religion” by the Catholic priest Jacobus Zhang (1856-1935) is presented by Françoise Aubin. This historical panorama is closed by Ng Ka Chai, with a paper on Vincent Lebbe and his annotation of the Gregorian “neumes”, and his place in the liturgical Renewal.--Preface.

The Chinese rites controversy : its history and meaning / edited by D.E. Mungello. Foreward by Edward J. Malatesta, S.J.
Jointly published by Institut Monumenta Serica, Sankt Augustin, and the Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History, San Francisco.
" ... the Ricci Institute sponsored an International Symposium on the Significance of the Chinese Rites Controversy in Sino-Western History on October 16-18th 1992 in San Francisco ... " --p. 12.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Introduction. An introduction to the Chinese rites controversy / D. E. Mungello--Claims and Counter-Claims: the Kangxi Emperor and the Europeans (1661-1722) / Jonathan D. Spence.
II. Chinese views of the rites controversy. Jesuit accomodation and the Chinese cultural imperative / Erik Zurcher--Chinese literati and the rites controversy / Lin Jinshui--Chinese views of rites and the rites controversy / John Dragon Young.
III. The Dominicans and the Figurists. From Manila to Fuan: Asian contexts of Dominican mission policy / John E. Wills, Jr.--Joseph Premare and the name of God in China / Knud Lundbaek.
IV. The theological and political controversy. Charles Maigrot's role in the Chinese rites controversy / Claudia von Collani--Eliminating misunderstandings: Antoine de Beauvollier (1657-1708) and his Eclaircissements sur le controverses de la Chine / John W. Witek, S.J.--A fatal clash of wills: the condemnation of the Chinese rites by the papal legate Carlo Tommaso Maillard de Tournon / Edward J. Malatesta, S.J.
V. The past, present and future of the rites controversy. Towards a history of the Chinese rites controversy / Paul Rule--The Catholic Church in China today: a new rites controversy? / Richard Madsen
VI. Commentaries. The suppresion of the Chinese rites: a suggestion of some factors / Michael J. Buckley, S.J.--The crossing of cultural bridges / Donald W. Treadgold--Reflections on the Chinese rites controversy / Wm. Theodore de Bary.

Local access dig.pdf. [Mungello-Chinese rites controversy.pdf]

Contents:
Introduction: Christianity and cultures: Japan & China in comparison, 1543-1644 / M. Antoni J. Üçerler, S.J.
I. Christian missionaries and their encounter with Japan & China: 1. The Jesuit encounter with Buddhism in Ming China / Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia. 2. From Dainichi to Deus. The early missionaries’ discovery and understanding of Buddhism / Kishino Hisashi. Responses & Reflections / Nicolas Standaert, S.J.
II. The challenges of religious translation: creating a native East Asian Christian literature. 3. The archaeology of dreams: the Shengmengge, its translation and its transformation / Li Sher-shiueh. 4. The Japanese translations of the Jesuit mission press / William Farge, S.J. Responses & reflections / Thierry Meynard, S.J.
III. Living the new faith I: Christian liturgy & rituals: 5. The adaptation of the Christian liturgy & sacraments to Japanese culture during the Christian era in Japan / Ignatia Kataoka Rumiko. 6. A Solution to the Rites Controversy proposed by Antonio Rubino, S.J. / Asami Masakazu. Responses & reflections / Eugenio Menegon.
IV. Japanese and Chinese Christians: native faith communities & organizations: 7. Communities, Christendom, and the unified regime in early modern Japan / Kawamura Shinzō, S.J. 8. Trade, literati, and mission: the Catholic social network in late Ming southern Fujian / Zhang Xianqing. Responses & reflections / Gail King.
V. Living the new faith II: Christian art & its various expressions: 9. Artistic exchanges between Macau and Japan in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Mo Xiaoye. 10. The iconography of the Virgin Mary in Japan & its transformation: Chinese Buddhist sculpture & Maria Kannon / Wakakuwa Midori. Responses & reflections / Thomas M. Lucas, S.J.
VI. The politics of the encounter: Japanese and Christian attitudes towards Christianity & Christians: 11. The Edo Shogunate’s view of Christianity in the seventeenth century / Yamamoto Hirofumi. 12. Europaeology? On the difficulty of assembling a knowledge of Europe in China / Timothy Brook. Responses & reflections / Qi Yinping.
VII. Macau at the crossroads of Europe and East Asia: 13. The Japanese students in the College of Macau (1594-1606) / João Paulo Oliveira e Costa. Responses & reflections / Patrick Provost-Smith.
Epilogue: Christianity and cultures: Japan & China in comparison, 1543-1644. Reflections on a significant theme / John W. Witek, S.J.

Martino Martini, geografo, cartografo, storico, teologo : Trento 1614, Hangzhou 1661 : atti del Convegno Internazionale / a cura di Giorgio Melis.
Text in Italian and English.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Cover device: Wei Kuangguo 衛匡國.

Contents: The Cartographic validity and success of Martino Martini's Atlas Sinensis / Osvaldo Baldacci -- The geographical contents in the historical works of Martino Martini / Alessandro Cucagna -- Nature and landscape in the descriptions of Martino Martini / Gunther Hamann -- Problematic questions on geography revealed by an examination of the Novus atlas Sinensis / Giuseppe Staluppi -- Japan in Martino Martini's work / Adolfo Tamburello -- Martini's outstanding contribution to the geographical knowledge of China in the seventeenth century / Wu Chuanjun -- Martino Martini as China's national historian: the De bello Tartarico / Piero Corradini -- Martino Martini's historiographical method / Carlo Ghisalberti -- Martino Martini's activity in China and his works on Chinese history and geography / Ma Yong -- China in Martini's times / Luciano Petech -- Martino Martini's personality / Bonifacio Bolognani -- The Roman College in the first half of the seventeenth century and the cultural formation of Martino Martini / Maria Rosa di Simone -- Martino Martini in his town / Frumenzio Ghetta -- Christianity in China according to the Brevis Relatio / Angelo Lazzarotto -- Martino Martini's travels in China / Giorgio Melis -- Martino Martini's role in the controversy of Chinese Rites / Josef Sebes -- Historical and cultural reasons of the Controversy over Chinese Rites / Pietro Tchao -- Martino Martini's influence on the figurism of Joachim Bouvet / Claudia von Collani.

***Graphic Resource: fold-out color reproductions of Novus atlas Sinensis (frontispiece, map, partial enlargement of Japan section), color portraits.