Clark A Chinese Jesuit Catechism

Giulio Aleni’s Four Character Classic ????
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-15-9624-7
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 105 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book is the first scholarly study of the famous Jesuit Chinese children’s primer, the
 Four Character Classic
, written by Giulio Aleni (1582–1649) while living in Fujian, China. This book also includes masterful translations of both Wang Yinglin’s (1551–1602) hallowed Confucian 
Three Character Classic
 and Aleni’s Chinese catechism that was published during the Qing (1644–1911). Clark’s careful reading of the 
Four Character Classic
 provides new insights into an area of the Jesuit mission in early modern China that has so far been given little attention, the education of children. This book underscores how Aleni’s published work functions as a good example of the Jesuit use of normative Chinese print culture to serve the catechetical exigencies of the Catholic mission in East Asia, particularly his meticulous imitation of Confucian children’s primers to promote decidedly Christian content.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Anthony E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Translation of Wang Yinglin’s Sanzijing ??? (Three Character Classic).- 3: Chapter Translation of Giulio Aleni’s Sizijingwen ???? (Four Character Classic).- Giulio Aleni’s Oeuvre.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony E. Clark is Professor of Chinese History and Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair at Whitworth University. He is the author of several books, including China’s Catholics in an Era of Transformation (2020), China Gothic: The Bishop of Beijing and His Cathedral (2019), and Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi (2015)