A Chinese Jesuit Catechism
Giulio Aleni’s Four Character Classic 四字經文
Seiten
2021
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1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-9623-0 (ISBN)
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-9623-0 (ISBN)
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 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.
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.
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)
Chapter1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Translation of Wang Yinglin’s Sanzijing 三字經 (Three Character Classic).- 3: Chapter Translation of Giulio Aleni’s Sizijingwen 四字經文 (Four Character Classic).- Giulio Aleni’s Oeuvre.- Bibliography.- Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.02.2021 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Christianity in Modern China |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 105 p. 11 illus., 1 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Singapore |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Schlagworte | children's education • Children's literature • China and the West • China missionaries • China's Church • Chinese Catholicism • Chinese Christianity • Christianity in China • Jesuits China • Religion China |
| ISBN-10 | 981-15-9623-9 / 9811596239 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-981-15-9623-0 / 9789811596230 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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