"Shanxi community ... Duoshu, arranged around the six moral instructions of the Sacred Edict (Shengyu 聖諭) of the founder of the Ming, is a "community contract" (xiangyue 鄉約) which has the same aim on the community level... ; Duoshu ("The Book of the Warning Bell") the first one of the Six Maxims of the first Ming Emperor, "Be filial towards your parents," is explained as the worldly counterpart of "loving our Great Father-and-Mother"... So the message of the Duoshu is that the doctrine of the Lord of Heaven is a useful instrument for the improvement of society. Han Lin's explanations of the Six Maxims, found in the Holy Edict, are based on both Confucian and Christian arguments, not placed in juxtaposition (as an eclectic would do), but used to support each other, as the true syncretist does..." )"--Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, p. 424, 643, 658.
In volume 2 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), or see individual records.

JapSin I, 144
Duoshu 鐸書.
By Han Lin 韓霖. One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in two volumes. No date or place of publication.

The cover of volume two bears the title in Chinese, while the cover of volume one bears a Latin inscription: “To xu, seu sex | articuli doctrinae | Sinis tradi iussae sin | gulis mensibus; -- explicati fusius | a christiano licentiato | Han Lin | 2 tomi.”

Cf. Courant 3326; Hsü 1949, pp. 137–140.

Han Lin (zi 雨公, hao 寓菴), scholar and official, was a native of Jiangzhou 絳州 (Shanxi). He became a senior licentiate (suigong 歲貢) in 1617 and a jinshi in 1621. While in Beijing he made the acquaintance of Xu Guangqi and Alfonso Vagnone. Later he was baptized by Aleni, taking the Christian name Thomas. He had inherited a valuable library from his forefathers and had increased the collection by his wide travelling.
At his native place Han Lin led many of his relatives into the Church. Both he and his fellow townsman Duan Gun 段袞 (zi 九章) became zealous assistants of Vagnone, when he came to found the mission in Shanxi. Besides the Duoshu Han Lin also wrote in collaboration with his friend Zhang Geng 張賡 the Shengjiao xinzheng 聖教信證 (Proofs of the Christian religion), cf. Jap-Sin I, 191.
According to the gazetteers of Jiangzhou, Han Lin seems to have lost his life while hiding from bandits when they took that city in 1644, but the circumstances of his death are not clear; cf. Ye Delu 葉德祿, “Qianlong Jiangzhou zhi zhi Han Lin 乾隆絳州志之韓霖”, in: Xin beichen 新北辰, vol. 3, no. 8 (1937).

For the biography of Han Lin and his three brothers, cf. ECCP 1:274–275; Margiotti, pp. 310–318; JWC 1:253–258; Pfister, p. 212.
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 190-191.

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

The title page is missing. At the end of the book the name of the publisher, the place and the date of publication are given in seal characters: 皇明崇禎二年歲在屠維大荒落古虞毛氏鐫. Cf. Courant 2521.

Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 17.

JapSin I, (38/42) 40/6b
Kaoyi 考疑.
By Yan Mo 嚴謨.
Manuscript, folios 15–29. One volume, Chinese bamboo paper.

On folio 13 there are two lines in Latin: “Declaratio textuum, quae opponuntur sententiae cultus politici defunctorum etc.”

According to the paragraphs cited, the author has been overshadowed by doubts and suspects that the veneration of ancestors is connected with prayer for prosperity, and that the deceased ancestors will participate in the foods offered to them. Accordingly, we now wish to make an investigation.

This book has been presented to the Masters Luo 羅 and Ou 歐. They have accepted it and copies of the same have been sent to Fathers Wan 萬 and Xia 夏. Now I am presenting to you the original copy and hope that you will make good use of it.
Paul Yan Mo of Zhangzhou in Fujian.

JapSin I, (38/42) 40/9c
Sangli ailun 喪禮哀論.
By an anonymous author.
Manuscript, folios 135–140. Punctuation in black ink. Chinese bamboo paper, one volume.

Both folio 133 and 135 bear the title in Chinese. The opening paragraph quotes the saying of Cengzi 曾子 (disciple of Confucius and putative author of the Classic of Filial Piety, Xiaojing): “It would be better to offer one’s parents a chicken and a pig while they are still alive than to present a bullock to them after they are dead.” It then goes on to show the absurdity of burning paper money for the dead and suggested that instead one should distribute money to the poor. This kind of merit would be far better than the prayers of Buddhist monks.

Source: Albert Chan, SJ, Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 59.