JapSin I, 222
Qiandao zonghui 虔禱宗會.
By Angelo Zottoli 晁德蒞 (1826–1902), Chinese bamboo paper.
Published in Shanghai by the Cimutang 慈母堂 in 1863 (Tongzhi 同治 2). Fourteen folios; only the first ten folios are numbered.

The frontispiece has an engraving of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with an inscription below: 耶穌聖心至謙至愛. Folio 1r prints the title in the middle. On the right, the date and the author’s name are given. The imprimatur is placed on the lower left: 代牧梅瑪都林准 (Approved by Mathurin Lemaître [1816–1863], Vicar Apostolic [of Kiangnan]).
There are eight columns on each half folio with fifteen characters in each column, and sixteen in the first column of each paragraph.

The Apostleship of Prayer is a pious association otherwise known as the League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It was founded at Vals in France in 1844 by Francis Xavier Gautrelet, S.J. Its objective was to promote the practice of prayer for the mutual intentions of the members, in union with the intercession of Christ in heaven. There are three practices which constitute three degrees of membership. The first consists of a daily offering of one’s prayers, good works, and sufferings; the second is the daily recitation of a decade of the rosary for the special intentions of the Pope which are recommended to the members every month; and the third, the reception of Holy Communion with the motive of reparation, monthly or weekly, on days assigned.
In the first eight folios of the book the author gives an introduction on the nature of the Apostleship of Prayer and exhorts the faithful to put the rules to practice in order to save one’s own soul and that of one’s neighbor.
The book ends with a prayer for the deceased, a prayer of self-consecration and one for those who wish to be enrolled in the association. The last folio consists of special intentions to be prayed for each day of the week and the number of good works to be offered by each member for these intentions.

Cf. Streit, BM 13:412 (no. 4).
Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, pp. 277-278.

Tianjie 天階 / 潘國光.
Print edition. Mss. reproduced in Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編, vol. 17, pp. 495-518.

Note: The surmise (below) that this text is an adaptation of Bellarmine's De ascensione mentis in Deum per scalas creaturarum opusculum is incorrect. See: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)

JapSin I, 107
Tianjie 天階.
By Pan Guoguang 潘國光 (Francesco Brancati, 1607–1671).
One juan. Chinese bamboo paper in one volume. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears the title in handwriting and a Latin inscription: “Caeli scala, sive piae | mentis elevationes | a. p. Franc. Brancati, S.J.”

Folio 1 gives the title and the name of the author. There are eight columns in each half folio. On the upper middle of the folio the title is given together with the number of the folio. The booklet contains ten folios.
According to Sommervogel (t. II, col. 81) this booklet is probably a translation from one of the works of St. Robert Bellarmine. It has for its purpose the lifting up of the hearts of the faithful to God in their daily lives.
Cf. Pfister, pp. 228–229, no. 5; Hsü 1949, p. 89; Courant 6964–6967 (Élévation de l’âme vers Dieu); Couplet, p. 31 (Ascensio mentis in Deum ex creaturis).

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 157.

"Important are the spiritual books that present themselves as guides, compasses, or roads for avoiding evil and proceeding towards heaven: Tianjie 天階 (1650, Brancati)..." Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, v. 1, p. 630.

Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).
Local access dig.pdf. [Brancati-Tianjie.pdf]
Online at Gallica.

In vol. 17 of: Xujiahui cangshulou Ming-Qing Tianzhujiao wenxian xubian 徐家匯藏書樓明清天主教文獻續編. -- 41. 億說 （陸希言）
Cf. Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).