Acknowledgments -- Figures -- Foreword: Reading Giulio Aleni's A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature in Light of the Cursus Conimbricensis -"Urtext" -- Mário S. de Carvalho -- Introduction -- Thierry Meynard, S.J., and Dawei Pan -- A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Giulio Aleni -- Preface to A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Cheng Yi -- Preface to The Study of Human Nature -- Qu Shisi -- Foreword to The Study of Human Nature -- Giulio Aleni -- Preface to A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Zhu Shiheng -- First Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Second Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Third Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Fourth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Fifth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Sixth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Seventh Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Eighth Juan of A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature -- Bibliography -- Index.

"Thierry Meynard and Dawei Pan offer a highly detailed annotated translation of one of the major works of Giulio Aleni, a Jesuit missionary in China. Referred to by his followers as "Confucius from the West", Aleni made his presence felt in the early modern encounter between China and Europe. The two translators outline the complexity of the intellectual challenges that Aleni faced and the extensive conceptual resources on which he built up a fine-grained framework with the aim of bridging the Chinese and Christian spiritual traditions"-- Provided by publisher.

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108R ZKW 870 (Xu - ) [c] [Cy 112]
ms., Luo Mingyao 羅明堯 (Daxishanji 大西山畸, Duoma shi 多瑪氏), Gezhi aolüe 格致奧略 (composed in 1820: f. 43a), 1+84 ff. (8/24); copied by Andrew (安德肋, f.84b); at the end 1 fnc with the text; 時為大清嘉慶貳拾伍年仲秋月鄉鄰居士珍藏, cf. title-page, verso: 由權古鄉鄰張氏藏. Gezhi aolüe first explains some basic features of man (soul, senses) and of the universe (the earth, the four hells, the four elements, the heavens, angels) and its creation, and then gives its history up to the time of the preaching by the Apostles.
Note 70: Duoma=Thomas. The author is a Western Catholic missionary (given the use of the terms 'Da Xi 大西' and 'Tianzhu 天主') of whom nothing further is known; cf. Pfister, 984. Note that he cannot be Paul Luo (fl. 1731); Dehergne, Repertoire, p. 153, no. 477. --Cf. Adrian Dudink, "The Zikawei Collection" (Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996)), p.28.

In volume 4 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻.
For complete contents see: Standaert, Nicolas, Xujiahui cangshulou Ming Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻.
For a description of all 37 texts, see the catalog of the Fujen Zikawei collection in Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal XVIII (1996).

Fu da shenxue congshu 輔大神學叢書 ; 之 25

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

JapSin II, 16
Xingxue cushu 性學觕述.
By Ai Rulue 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).
Eight juan. Bamboo paper in three ce bound in one volume, European style. Published by the Catholic church of Fuzhou (Fujian) in 1646 (丙戌).

There is a label with the title on each ce; the first ce bears a Latin inscription: “De Physica | auctore P. Julio Aleni, S.J., 8 tomi.”

This book is an introduction to psychology: juan 1–2 deal with the nature of the soul; juan 3 with the question of growth; juan 4 with the five senses; juan 5 with the functions of the senses; juan 6 with the nature of three kinds of souls; juan 7 with the human mind and with dreams; juan 8 with the question of long and short life, etc. Aleni tried to give a general course of psychology as it was studied in Europe; many of the facts were entirely new to his Chinese readers. At the same time he tried to correct wrong ideas which might have been derived from traditional wrong perceptions.
The book is an adaptation (hence the title page speaks of yizhu “translated and composed”) of a Coimbra course on Aristotelian psychology, viz., the first six chapters of De Anima (Coimbra, 1598) and the two last chapters of Parva Naturalia (Lyon, 1594; Lisbon 1598).

Chen Yi, a native of Fuzhou prefecture (Fujian), obtained the jinshi degree in 1610. He was a disciple of Zhao Canlu 趙參魯 (zi 宗傅, hao 心堂), a native of Ningbo (Zhejiang). He met Ricci at the residence of Zhao, when the latter was Minister of Justice in Nanjing. In 1616, when Chen came to Beijing, he met Diego de Pantoja and Aleni. He seems to have become a friend of the missioners, especially of Aleni, whose movements he followed with great interest. In his preface he makes mention of the calendar reform and of the translation of (mathematical and astronomical) books which had been done in 1629, whence we conclude that it must have been written after this date. The introduction by Zhu Shiheng shows that he was a Christian, probably a new convert of Aleni. The preface of Aleni was signed at the Shenxiutang 慎修堂, the Catholic church in Hangzhou. The Chinese date 天啟甲子 (Tianqi 4), however, does not agree with the Western 1623 (千六百二十三). In this case I think it should be 1624. The book was probably written also in Hangzhou.
The Xingxue cushu was reprinted (third edition) by Xujiahui (Zikawei) (Shanghai) in 1922 (one volume, 218 pages). For another edition, see Jap-Sin II, 21.

Cf. Pfister, p. 134, no. 8; Hsü 1949, pp. 210–214.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 295-297.

JapSin II, 16a
Xingxue cushu 性學觕述.
By Ai Rulue 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).

This is an exact copy of Jap-Sin II 16
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 297.

JapSin II, 21
Xingxue cushu 性學觕述.
By Ai Rulüe 艾儒略 (Giulio Aleni).
Eight juan (juan 1–3 are missing). Bamboo paper bound in one volume European style.

The cover bears a label with the title and a Latin inscription: “De natura et | distinctione Animarum | Liber Sinicus editus a Patre | Julio Alenio Soc.^tis Jesu.”

Xingxue cushu 性學觕述 / [Ai Siji 艾思及 (Rulue 儒畧) yizhu 譯著 ; Yang Manuo tongding 陽瑪諾仝訂 ; Fu Fanji zhunzi 傅汎際准梓].
Each page represents 2 leaves of the original.
For Details see Jap-Sin edition description by Fr. Albert Chan, S.J.

Online at Gallica
For information on ARSI edition see here.
Full bibliographical information see Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)
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眞道自證 Chin taóu tsze chíng. Proofs of Truth. .....details the evidences of Christianity, by way of dialogues between two friends. The first….treats of the Creator; the second is on Mankind; third is on Jesus the Saviour; fourth is on Man’s position in the world. Author’s signature is Shen tĭh. Cf. Wylie, Memorials, p.59, no.24.