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.

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Di 3 jie Li Madou yu Zhong-Xi wenhua jiaoliu guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji   第三屆利瑪竇與中西文化交流國際學術研討會論文集  / Zhao Kesheng zhubian ; Li Yuqin fuzhubian  趙克生主編 ; 黎玉琴副主編.

Includes bibliographical references.

Some articles in English.

本書主要介紹利瑪竇在中國期間和回國之後的一系列活動, 探討通過這些活動對東西文化交流有何促進性和影響, 對於海上絲綢之路的探索和延伸有何歷史性意義.本書對相關研究, 特別是海上絲綢之路的相關研究有很好的參考價值.

Contents: Matteo Ricci and the ascent to Peking / Jonathan Spence -- The precursors of Ricci / Joseph Sebes -- Understanding the Chinese: a comparison of Matteo Ricci and the French Jesuit mathematicians sent by Louis XIV / John Witek -- Chinese art and the Jesuits in Peking / Harrie Vanderstappen -- Why did they become Christians? Yang Tingyun, Li Zhizao and Xu Guangqi / Willard J. Peterson -- Late Ming society and the Jesuit missionaries / Albert Chan -- A serious matter of life and death: learned conversations in Fuzhou in 1627 / Bernard Hung-kay Luk -- A Western interpretation of China: Jesuit cartography / Theodore N. Foss -- The seventeenth century Jesuit translation project of the Confucian Four Books / David E. Mungello.

Introduzione / F. Mignini--Matteo Ricci e la Cina / Lü Tongliu--Missionary strategy of Matteo Ricci in China during the late Ming Dynasty / John W. Witek--Matteo Ricci e le religioni cinesi / Joseph Shih--Il Dialogo di Matteo Ricci con le religioni cinesi / F. DiGiorgio--Matteo Ricci in the footsteps of Chen Liang? / Ad Dudink--Il Compendium Actorum Pekinensium: testimonianze della questione dei riti cinesi presso la Biblioteca Agusta di Perugia / C. Santini--Matteo Ricci S.I. e :a traduzione latina dei Quattro Libri (Sishu): dalla tradizione storiografica alle nuove ricerche / F. D'Arelli--La mnemotecnica di Matteo Ricci fra tradizione attualità / R. Morresi--Matteo Ricci e l'introduzione delle scienze occidentali in Cina / I. Iannaccone--Geografia e cartografia in Matteo Ricci S.I.: la determinazione delle coordinate geografiche della Cina / G. Ricciardolo--Il contributo dei gesuiti nelle relazione culturali tra Cina e Occidente nei secoli XVI-XVIII / Xu Mingde--I cappuccini marchigiani e il Tibet / L. Petech--Il contributo di Cassiano Beligatti alla conoscenza del Tibet / E. De Rossi Filibeck--L'opera di Antelmo Severini per la conoscenza dell'Asia orientale / P. Corradini--Giuseppe Tucci e l'India / R. Gnoli--Giuseppe Tucci e l'Estremo Oriente / L. Lanciotti--Giuseppe Tucci e il Tibet / R. N. Prats.

Keywords: mission strategy, Chinese religion, Chinese rites, memory techniques, Western science, geography, cartography in China, Capuchins in Tibet, India, Tibet.

Includes: Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, Philippe Couplet Study Project, Study on the 19th and 20th century Catholic missions in China / Jerome Heyndrickx, C.I.C.M. -- Philippe Couplet of Mechlin, a Jesuit in Belgium / Peter Gordts -- Philippe Couplet's missionary attitude towards the Chinese in Confucius Sinarum Philosophus / Claudia von Collani -- Towards a Chinese Church: the contribution of Philippe Couplet, S.J. (1622-1693) / Albert Chan, S.J. -- Couplet and the Dutch / Paul Demaerel -- European sojourn of Philippe Couplet and Michael Shen Fuzong, 1683-1692 / Theodore N. Foss -- Philippe Couplet: a Belgian connection to the beginning of the 17th century French Jesuit Mission in China / John Witek, S.J.-- Last voyage of Philippe Couplet / Edward J. Malatesta, S.J. -- Study of the prefaces to Ph. Couplet's Tabula Chronologica Monarchiae Sinicae (1686) / David E. Mungello -- Philippe Couplet in the writings of T. S. Bayer / Knud Lundbaek -- Recent developments in Chinese research on the Jesuit missionaries / Lin Jinshui 林金水.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.

Western humanistic culture presented to China by Jesuit missionaries (XVII-XVIII centuries) : proceedings of the conference held in Rome, October 25-27, 1993 / edited by Federico Masini.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Casalini Libri CASA 96330643

The Jesuit manuscripts on China preserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Rome / Marina Battaglini: p. [11]-100.
Two previously unknown prefaces to Ricci's Jiaoyou lun 交友論 and Martini's Qiuyou pian 逑友篇 by Liu Ning 劉凝 and Shen Guangyu 沈光裕 / Giuliano Bertuccioli -- The inventories of the Jesuit house at Nanking made up during the persecution of 1616-1617 (Shen Que, Nangong shudu, 1620) / Adrianus Dudink -- From N. Longobardo's explanation of earthquakes as divine punishment to F. Verbiest's systematic instrumental observations: the evolution of European science in China in the seventeenth century / Isaia Iannaccone -- From Clavius to Pardies: the geometry transmitted to China by Jesuits (1607-1723) / Catherine Jami -- Jesuit memoria, Chinese xinfa 心法 : some preliminary remarks on the organisation of memory / Michael Lackner -- What kind of science did the Jesuits bring to China / Ulrich Libbrecht -- Some preliminary remarks on the study of Chinese lexicographic material prepared by the Jesuit missionaries in China in the seventeenth century / Federico Masini -- Matteo Ricci and the fiftieth Master of Heaven, Zhang Guoxiang 張國祥 / Marina Miranda -- Substance versus funtion (ti vs. yong). The humanistic relevence of Yang Guangxian's objection to Western astronomy / Grete Moortgat -- A Confucian echo of Western humanist culture in seventeenth-century China / David E. Mungello -- Some naive questions about the Rites Controversy: a project for future research / Kristofer Schipper -- A dialogue on astronomical phenomena and natural theology in early eighteenth-century China / John Witek, S.J. -- Renaissance rhetoric in late Ming China: Alfonso Vagnoni's introduction to his Science of Comparison / Erik Zurcher.

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