Introduction / Vincent Shen -- Kenotic theology : a perspective from 'regress' theory traced in the thought of Chiara Lubich and Meister Eckhart / Chan Tak-Kwong -- Kenosis, transcendence and body : comparing Christian mysticism and Chinese spirituality / Vincent Shen -- Logos and Tao : the Johannine Jesus and a Taoist sage / Joseph H. Wong, OSB CAM -- Humility and humiliation-kenotic experience in modern Chinese painting, and in the historical experience of Chinese Christians / Benoît Vermander SJ -- Christ's kenosis in Christianity from a perspective of Sunyata in Chan Buddhism : explanation and addition to Masao Abe -- Guo Sheng-Ping -- Theory and practice of ethics of generosity in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism / Vincent Shen -- Religious communities in contemporary Shanghai and the tasks of East Asian theology / Benoit Vermander SJ -- Bring Christ to all cultures on Earth and bring all cultures to Christ : spreading the spirit of Fu Jen Catholic University / Bernard Li -- The Catholic Church on freedom of religion / Thomas Yang.

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Chinese theology and translation : the Christianity of the Jesuit figurists and their Christianized Yijing / Sophie Ling-chia Wei.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book uncovers the Jesuits mystic theological interpretation in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing) in their mission in China. The book analyses how Jesuit Figurists incorporated their intra-lingual translation of the Yijing, the classical and vernacular use of Chinese language and the imitation of Chinese literati's format, and the divinization of Yijing numbers into their typological exegesis. By presenting the different ways in which Jesuit Figurists' Christianized the Yijing and crafted a Chinese version of Jesus and Christian stories onto the Chinese classics, this book reveals the value of Jesuit missionary-translators. The Chinese manuscripts the Figurists left behind became treasures which have been excavated and displayed in this book. These treasures reveal the other side of the story, the side not much shown in past scholarship on the Figurists. These handwritten manuscripts on the Christianized Yijing are a legacy which continues to impact the European understanding of Chinese history and civilization in later centuries. A first analysis of these manuscripts in Chinese, the book will be of interest to scholars working on the history of Christianity in China and East Asian Religion and Philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Credits; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction: Changes and non-changes in the Figurist interpretation of the Yijing; The Jesuit Figurists' encounter with the Yijing; Figurism in China; Finding the Prisca Theologia; Figurism and the Yijing; Topolects and Classical Chinese in intralingual translation; The making of Jesus in the hands of Jesuit Figurists; Different versions of manuscripts; Interaction with the Chinese literati; Numbers and charts in the Yijing

The emergence of Jesus in mythical legendsJesus-the Confucian sage; The making of Jesus in the hexagrams; The vernacular version of Jesus; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: The classical and vernacular use of Chinese language in the Jesuit Figurists' re-interpretation of the Yijing; Introduction; Western missionaries' interests in Chinese languages and topolects; The Jesuit Figurists' use of the Yijing for exegetical decipherment of Chinese characters

A written space for communication with the Emperor: competition and cooperationManuscripts-Chinese literary garments; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Deciphering God's encoded messages with divine language: Jesuit Figurist theological interpretation of the Yijing's numbers; Introduction; The Jesuit Figurists' divinization of numbers; Divinization of numbers and the Kangxi Emperor; Divine numbers and charts in Figurists' proselytization; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Concluding remarks.

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Christentum im heutigen China : eine Einführung / Monika Gänssbauer -- I. Warum glauben wir? "Worte des ewigen Lebens" / K.H. Ting -- II. Kirche, Mission und Kontextualisierung. Chinas Kirche : Geschichte und Gegenwart / Gao Ying -- Einfach und weise : der Theologe Shen Yifan / Kan Baoping -- III. Theologie in China. Brauchen wir Theologie? / Ji Tai -- Zustand und Aufgaben der Verkündigung / Sun Xipei -- IV. Frauen in der Kirche. Das feministische Erwachen chinesischer Christinnen / Peng Yaqian -- V. Christentum und gesellschaftlicher Wandel in China. Religionsfieber auf dem Land : eine Analyse / Liu Zhongwei -- Chinas Kirche im Wandel / Ein junger chinesischer Pastor -- Christentum und Modernisierung / He Guanghu -- Die Bedeutung des Christentums für Chinas Modernisierung / Zhuo Xinping -- VI. Kirche und Religionspolitik. Die zwei Gesichter des Janus / Zhang Xianyong -- Eine Rede auf der 6. Nationalsynode der evangelischen Kirche / Ye Xiaowen -- Religion und gesellschaftliche Anpassung / Ji Tai -- Rechtsstaat und Religionsgesetze / Wang Peiying -- Aufruf zum Erlass eines "Religionsgesetzes" / 13 Vertreter der evangelischen Kirche -- VII. Kirchliches Leben in China. Kirchlicher Alltag und Feste / Zhang Yan -- Aus der Arbeit vor Ort / Ein chinesischer Pastor -- Die Situation der Kirchen in armen Gebieten / Wang Jianqun -- VIII. Meditationen und Gebet aus China. Meditationen / Wang Weifan -- Gebet aus China -- IX. Dialog der religiösen Überlieferungen. Religionen Chinas und christliche Heilsgeschichte : ein Dialog / Daniel L. Overmyer -- Religionen Chinas und christliche Heilsgeschichte : eine Replik / Lai Pan-chiu.

Contents: Preface -- 1. Jesus -- 2. Jesus and Buddha -- 3. Jesus and Krishna -- 4. Jesus and Mahavira -- 5. Jesus and Nanak -- 6. Jesus and Confucius 孔子 -- 7. Jesus and Lao-tzu 老子 -- 8. Jesus and Zoroaster -- 9. Jesus and Moses -- 10. Jesus and Mohammed -- Index

"本書是一部研究性論文集，集中探討了晚清和民初國人（以知識分子為主）反基督教的問題，作者以個案研究的方式細緻而生動地分析了近代中國分子反基督教的成因、表現及其後果與影響"--OCLC note.

編撰者簡介..................................................................................... 6
封面圖案解說..................................................................................7
序 ----- 曾慶文神父.................................................................... 10
李亮神父.......................................................................12
古匡昌老師.................................................................... 18
陳欣雨博士................................................................... 22
謝明光博士................................................................... 26
王雪迎博士....................................................................30
前言............................................................................................. 34
梵蒂岡第二屆大公會議 --- 教會的新里程碑................................... 41
敬祖在宗教祭禮的位置..................................................................51
中西傳統文化與教會傳統文化........................................................81
孝 --- 中國傳統孝的教育與西方對孝的觀念.................................. 121
婚禮儀式與敬祖傳統....................................................................134
中國傳統民俗習慣....................................................................... 155
從墓園、墓地的設計和安排反映傳統文化的特色..........................176
天主教教會對火葬的訓令顯示禮儀、禮節的統一性..................... 200
「敬祖」在長達三百年的中國禮儀之爭的焦點............................224
死亡與離別的面面觀................................................................... 243
喪禮禮節的目的.......................................................................... 256
因翻譯和使用不適當詞彙而產生的誤會....................................... 322
迷信與忌諱在日常生活的影響......................................................359
魂與魄.........................................................................................377
共融--- 未來的挑戰......................................................................388
結語............................................................................................395
參考資料.................................................................................... 412
文中提及的部份人物簡介............................................................ 438
訪談及筆者觀察記錄................................................................... 459
前輩/ 同儕意見
--- 周永權.................................................................................... 461
--- 盧婉卿....................................................................................462
致謝........................................................................................... 463
收入分配....................................................................................466
版權頁........................................................................................ 468

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Contents:
ROMAN MALEK S.V.D. and GIANNI CRIVELLER P.I.M.E.: Light a Candle. Encounters and Friendship with China. Introduction to the Festschrift -- Tabula gratulatoria -- BARBARA HOSTER: Shen Zuyi’s Painting Zhu song. An Explanatory Note Dedicated to Father Angelo S. Lazzarotto -- GEROLAMO FAZZINI: The Profile of Father Angelo Lazzarotto -- CHEN CUNFU 陈村富: 怀念我的老朋友 Father Angelo S. Lazzarotto -- GIANNI CRIVELLER P.I.M.E. (comp.): Bibliography (1950–2010) of Angelo S. Lazzarotto.

I. PAOLO DE TROIA: Cathay, China. Two Names, One Country. A Three Centuries Long Misunderstanding -- TIZIANA LIPPIELLO: A Confucian Adage for Life: Empathy (shu) in the Analects -- CHIARA PICCININI: The Xiguo jifa. Treatise on Western Mnemonic Arts by Matteo Ricci S.J. Its Importance in Chinese Language Learning -- ELISABETTA CORSI: From the Aristoteles latinus to the Aristoteles sinicus. Fragments of an Unfinished Project -- EUGENIO MENEGON: Memento Mori. Preparing for Death in China and Europe during the Early Modern Era -- PAN FENG-CHUAN: God, Sinner, and Saintly Governance. François Noël and Renzui zhizhong -- ZBIGNIEW WESOŁOWSKI S.V.D.: The European Search for a Universal Language and the German Search for Clavis Sinica. The Role of Chinese Characters in Leibniz’s Theory of Signs.

II. NOËL GOLVERS: Litterae Indipetae from the Jesuit Provincia Flandro-Belgica 1640/1660–1700 -- CLAUDIA VON COLLANI: A Collection of Documents Concerning the Chinese Rites Controversy in the Biblioteca Queriniana in Brescia -- PIER FRANCESCO FUMAGALLI: Ancient Chinese Cultural Treasures in Milan -- MATTEO NICOLINI-ZANI: Christian Monastic Literature in China. Preliminary Survey and Bibliography.

III. PAUL RULE: On Being Chinese and Christian. Some Idiosyncratic Reflections on the History of the Catholic Church in China -- R.G. TIEDEMANN: The Controversy over the Formation of an Indigenous Clergy and the Establishment of a Catholic Hierarchy in China, 1846–1926 -- ELISA GIUNIPERO: Pius XI and the Inquiry into Communism in China -- BETTY ANN MAHEU M.M.: John Paul II and the Charism of Persuasion -- AGOSTINO GIOVAGNOLI: Ostpolitik: a Historiographical Assessment -- SANTIAGO MIRO: What is the Significance of Calling Victims of Political Repression “Martyrs”? -- JEROOM HEYNDRICKX C.I.C.M.: A New Encounter Between the Catholic Church and China -- GIANCARLO POLITI P.I.M.E.: The List of Chinese-born Bishops.

IV. PETER BARRY M.M.: Cooperation Between P.I.M.E. and Maryknoll During World War II -- ANTHONY LAM: Sino-Vatican Diplomatic Relations in World War II. A Hong Kong Perspective.

V. CLARA BULFONI: Electronic Communication in China -- ALESSANDRA C. LAVAGNINO: Gao Xingjian. A Chinese Cosmopolitan Writer.

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Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations. These practices are rooted in the lived experience of practitioners, and therefore need to be considered as embodied expressions of the quest for existential meaning. For practitioners, the achievement of existential meaning requires the inclusion, implication and mediation of the ancestors. When gestures in ancestor rites are analysed from this perspective it is possible to appreciate their essence as constitutive of 'ancestor religion'. This book uses an inquisitive method that investigates the discrepancies between foreign and local explanations, and proposes another hermeneutic framework for ancestor related praxes.--OCLC note.

Rites Controversy: An Illustration of Power Relations in InterpretationConclusion; Chapter 4: "Our" Perspective: The Indigenous Explanation of Ancestor Rites; Introduction; Church- or Christian-Related Native Responses; Chinese Catholic Converts' Contribution to the Rites Controversy; The Sacrifices Were Not Religious; A Lexicology; Apologetics; The Historical Impact of Chinese Converts' Writings; 祭天敬祖: A Chinese Catholic Response to a Crucial Point in the Rites Controversy; Protestant Responses to Ancestor Rites; Awareness of the Problem; Historical Development.

Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Are Ancestors a Problem?; Chapter 2: The Hermeneutic Challenge of Ancestor- Related Practices; Introduction; Conceptual Issues; Hermeneutics; Why Hermeneutics?; Ad hoc or Implicit Hermeneutics; Nicolas Standaert's Hermeneutics of Cultural Encounters; Ancestors; Plural Naming of the Celebrated Remembrance of the Dead; Ancestor Rites; Ancestor Ritual; Ancestor Worship: Ancestor Cult or Ancestor Veneration?; Traditional Religion? Why Not Ancestor Religion ... ; Built-In Structure of Ancestor Rites; Three Interpretative Ingredients.

Interpretation of Ancestor Rituals and Tradition Interpretation and Power; Salvation/Wholeness/Integrity; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The Conflict of Interpretation of Chinese Ancestor Rites; Introduction; Stages of Encounter between Christianity and Chinese Culture; Early Chinese Christianity and the Problem of Ancestor Rites; Ancestor Rites in the Stories of Christian Visitors to the Yuan Dynasty; Matteo Ricci's Perception and Appraisal of Ancestor Rites; Information Related to Ancestor Rites; The Methodological Ground of Ricci's Appraisal of Ancestor Rites.

Concluding Summary of Ricci's Appraisal of Ancestor Rites: One of the Points of the Chinese Rites Controversy; Sinology and the Quest for the Meaning of Chinese Ancestor Rites; An Interpretation in View of Mission; Ancestor Rites: An Attraction for Human Sciences; A Practical Answer to a Theoretical Problem; The Methodological Contribution; The Protestants' Assessment of and Responses to Ancestor Rites; Power Relations and the Appraisal of Ancestor Rites; Political and Institutional Power Relations; Conceptual and Ideological Conditioning.

A Three-Step Pattern in Indigenized Christian Responses-The Three-Step Structure at Work; Concluding Observations on the Protestant Indigenous Response; The Academic Environment; The Core of Chinese Religion (s); Chinese Mainland Scholars' Responses to Foreign Assessments of Ancestor Rituals; Direct Responses; Indirect Responses; A Critical Enrichment of Foreign Interpretations; Concluding Summary of Chinese Indigenous Responses; Chapter 5: Existential Practical Hermeneutics of Ancestor Religion; Introduction; Why Practical or Existential Hermeneutics?--[See OCLC #1020790434]

Contents: Forward: The heart of dialogue / Thomas G. Hand, S.J.--Preface: The dialogue in its monastic setting / David Steindl-Rast, O.S.B.--Introduction: Bruno Barnhart, O.S.B. Cam. and Joseph Wong, O.S.B. Cam.--Regaining the lost kingdom: purity and meditation in the Hindu spiritual tradition / Pravrajika Vrajaprana--Heart Yoga: a comparison of two texts, Pratyabhijna-hridayam (Kashmir, 11th cent.)and Kaivalya-darsanam (West Bengal, 9th cent.) / Thomas Matus, O.S.B. Cam.--The space in the lotus of the heart: the anthropological spirit in the writings of Bede Griffiths / Cyprian Consiglio, O.S.B. Cam.--Glistening frost and cooking sand: unalterable aspects of purity in Chan Buddhist meditation / Martin J. Verhoeven--Cleansing the heart: Buddhist bowing as contemplation / Rev. Heng Sure--The historical Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch of Chan Buddhism in dialogue with the unknown author of the Cloud of unknowing / Nicholas Koss, O.S.B.--Zen and the impurity of purity / Francis H. Cook--Zazen: a path from judgement to love / William Skudlarek, O.S.B.--Sacred fools and monastic rules: Zen rule-bending and the training for pure hearts / Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton--Doutb and breakthrough in the desert fathers / Kevin Hunt, O.C.S.O.--The Taoist tradition of meditation: history, transformation and comparison / Liu Xiaogan--Chaos: a thematic contenuity between early Taoism and the way of the golden elixir / Paul Crowe--Through detachment to vision: Chuang-tzu and Meister Eckhart / Joseph Wong, O.S.B. Cam.--Benedictine humility and Confucian sincerity / Donald Corcoran, O.S.B. Cam.--Purity of heart: discovering what you really want / Laurence Freeman, O.S.B.--On the recreating of desire and purity of heart: an explination / Bede Healey, O.S.B. Cam.--Purity of heart: a dialogue / Mary Margaret Funk, O.S.B.--Christian self-understanding in the light of the East: new birth and unitive conciousness / Bruno Barnhart, O.S.B. Cam.

JapSin I, (38/42) 40/4
Shuwen pian 述聞篇.
By Qiu Sheng 丘晟.
Manuscript, ninety-two folios. One volume, Chinese bamboo paper. 24 x 14 cm.

The cover bears the title, the author’s name and a Latin inscription: “Xo uen pien sive capita S.^ae legis ex Philosophia Sinica & auctoritatibus demonstrata, auctore Kieu Chim, kiu gin de Fokien Ciam Lo Sien.”

1. Fate.
2. Fortune-telling.
3. Geomancy.
4. The choice of lucky days and divination.
5. Buddhism and Daoism.
6. Witches, wizards and fairies.
7. The disreputability of temples of idols.
8. Angels and demons.
9. There must be a Lord in heaven.
10. Confucius knew how to serve God.
11. The soul must have its final resting place.
12. A repentant sinner can also merit heaven.
13. The Incarnation and Ascension are true facts.
14. Fasting.
15. Western scholars.
16. There should be ceremonies for the worship of ancestors.

In the middle of each folio the first word of each chapter is marked on the top and below the number of the chapter given can be found.
As far as we can see, this manuscript has never been published. In his letters to the missioners (Jap-Sin I, [38/42] 40/3) Qiu Sheng wrote:

The literati of our time keep on arguing and will not embrace the faith, contending that such words (i.e., words of missioners who had studied Chinese writings without thoroughly understanding them) are not convincing. Many doubt about the reality of the Incarnation and Redemption and regard fate, fortunetelling, geomancy etc. as not entirely fictitious. They believe in Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and doubt the Christian fast. For this reason, I did not spare myself but wrote this book, the Shuwen pian, in order to solve one by one the doubts of the Chinese. Some of the things I wrote have already been said by missioners, others are entirely new. They are all written in correct Chinese so as to increase the interest of the readers. . . . Both the doctrine and the expressions were carefully studied to make sure that there should be no errors. There is no need to alter any of the words, to do so might damage the Chinese style. All I plead is to have the manuscript printed as soon as possible so that we may propagate our holy religion. As there are no good engravers in Jiangle [who could make the blocks], we do not intend to do it here. Once it is printed we should like to have some copies for our church at Jiangle. Please drop me a line to let me know your opinion . . .

Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 48-49.

The silencing of Jesuit Figurist Joseph de Prémare in eighteenth-century China / D.E. Mungello.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-114) and index.

Water -- Drama versus history -- The Vestigia -- Daoism and hieroglyphics in the Vestigia -- Earth to earth, dust to dust.

Souvenirs et pensées.
”Dom Pierre-Célestin ... Ancien Premier Ministre et ancien Ministre des Affaires Etrangères de Chine, Moine bénédictin de l’Abbaye de Saint-André”--t.p.

The fascinating God : a challenge to modern Chinese theology presented by a text on the name of God written by a 17th century Chinese student of theology / Nicolas Standaert.
Originally presented as the author's thesis--Fujen Catholic University.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-[154])

Introduction: 17th century Chinese students of theology--I. Yan Mo and the Ditiankao: Yan Mo's life, writings--Ditiankao: versions, title, date, arrangement of the text--difference between versions A and B--Translation: list of quotations--personal discussion--Analysis: Idea of God in Personal Discussion--Sources: hermeneutical argument--Attributes of God: proofs in Chinese Classics--God and the human being: historical argument--Without beginning, Trinity, Creation: textual approach--Heaven and Master of Heaven: literary approach--Difference between Yan Mo and the Song commentaries. II: On the idea of the Dieties "Heaven" or "Lord" in the Book of Documents, the Book of Odes, The Analects and the Mencius--Methodology: Question of the texts--Heaven and the human being--Book of Documents--Book of Odes--Analects--Mencius--Classics and the Ditiankao--Bibliography.

"In connection with the Rites Controversy towards the end of the seventeenth century, several Chinese literati wrote important essays explaining the issues from a Chinese perspective .... Yan Mo (baptised as Paul, suigong 1709) wrote ... Di Tian kao 帝天考 (Investigation of Lord and Heaven), a discussion of the usage of Tianzhu 天主 (Lord of Heaven) with the terms Tian and Shangdi as found in the Classics such as Shujing and Shijing, as well as the works of Confucius and Mencius..." Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v.1, p.434.

"In connection with the Rites Controversy towards the end of the seventeenth century, several Chinese literati wrote important essays explaining the issues from a Chinese perspective .... Yan Mo (baptised as Paul, suigong 1709) wrote ... Di Tian kao 帝天考 (Investigation of Lord and Heaven), a discussion of the usage of Tianzhu 天主(Lord of Heaven) with the terms Tian 天and Shangdi 上帝 as found in the classics such as the Shujing 書經 and Shijing 詩經, as well as the works of Confucius and Mencius.-- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 434.

本書據梵蒂岡敎廷圖書館藏手抄本編輯整理.
Cover illustration: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Rac. Gen. Or. III-248 (10)
明末淸初耶穌会思想文献汇编 = 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38册.

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"In connection with the Rites Controversy towards the end of the seventeenth century, several Chinese literati wrote important essays explaining the issues from a Chinese perspective .... Yan Mo (baptised as Paul, suigong 1709) wrote ... Di Tian kao 帝天考 (Investigation of Lord and Heaven), a discussion of the usage of Tianzhu 天主(Lord of Heaven) with the terms Tian 天 and Shangdi 上帝 as found in the classics such as the Shujing 書經 and Shijing 詩經, as well as the works of Confucius and Mencius.-- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p. 434.

Full bio-bibliographical note: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

JapSin I, (38/42) 42/2b
Zhaichu wenda huichao 摘出問答彙抄.
Compiled by Li Jiugong 李九功.
Manuscript, six folios (pp. 29–39). Chinese bamboo paper, one volume. 19.3 x 12.5 cm.

This book is in the form of question and answer. The quotations are taken from Catholic writings of the time in reply to difficulties about the Chinese Rites. There are four chapters:

1. In reply on the veneration of city, mountain and river gods (taken from the Koutou richao 口鐸日抄, cf. Jap-Sin I, 81).
2. In reply on the veneration of Heaven and earth (taken from the Bianjing lu 辨敬錄 of João Monteiro, 1602–1648).
3. In reply on geomancy (taken from the Da Kewen, cf. Jap-Sin I, 146 and II, 75).
4. In reply on veneration of Guan Gong, the god of war (taken from the Da Kewen).

Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 69.