Overview
This pioneering work in Sino-Western exchange evinced sophisticated strategies to accommodate Christianity to the Chinese context. Featuring a critical edition of the Chinese and Latin texts, which are both translated into English for the first time. An introduction, biography, and rich annotations are provided to situate this text in its cultural and intellectual context.
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Author: Daniel Canaris
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 5
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9789004469341
ISBN 10: 9004469346
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 24 May 2023
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Abbreviations List of Figures Introduction Daniel Canaris 1 Rediscovering Ruggieri 2 The Composition of the Tianzhu shilu 3 Tianzu shilu and the Catechism Genre 4 The Reception of the Tianzu shilu 5 The Revised Edition Published under the Vice-Provincial Francisco Furtado 6 This Present Edition and Translation The Life of Michele Ruggieri Wang Huiyu and Daniel Canaris 1 Before China 2 China 3 Ruggieri's Return to Europe Critical Edition of the True Record of the Lord of Heaven / The Newly Revised True Record of the Lord of Heaven from Western India / Preface to the True Record of the Lord of Heaven / Contents of the Newly Revised True Record of the Lord of Heaven from Western India / Chapter 1: There Truly Is One Lord of Heaven / Chapter 2: Attributes of the Lord of Heaven / Chapter 3: Explanation of People's Misconceptions about the Lord of Heaven / Chapter 4: The Creation of the World / Chapter 5: The Angels and Adam / Chapter 6: Discussion on How the Immortal Human Soul (renhun ) Differs from the Animal Soul / Chapter 7: Explanation of the Four Places Where the Soul Goes / Chapter 8: The Lord of Heaven Has Only Sent Down His Law on Three Occasions from Antiquity to This Day / Chapter 9: The Commandments That the Lord of Heaven Gave to People the Third Time / Chapter 10: Explanation of the Third Law Given to People / Chapter 11: Explanation of the Truths about the Lord of Heaven That People Must Earnestly Believe / Chapter 12: The Ten Commandments of the Lord of Heaven / Chapter 13: Explanation of the First Side of the Tablet / Chapter 14: Explanation of the Seven Commandments on the Other Side of the Tablet / Chapter 15: Explanation of the Orthodox Way Preached by the Monk for Earnest Ascetic Practice and Ascending to Heaven / Chapter 16: Explanation of How Cleansing Water Removes Sin Vera et brevis divinarum rerum expositio / True and Brief Exposition of Divine Things PROOEMIUM / Introduction Index Capitum / Index of Chapters CAPUT PRIMUM. Ostenditur unum esse Deum / Demonstration That God Is One CAPUT SECUNDUM. De divinis virtutibus / On the Divine Virtues CAPUT TERTIUM. Declarantur huiusmodi errores circa Dei cognitionem / Proclamation of the Errors about the Knowledge of God CAPUT QUARTUM. Agitur de his quae pertinent ad Deum omnium creatorem, et disseritur de rerum creatione / On the Things That Pertain to God as Creator of All Things and on the Creation of the World CAPUT QUINTUM. Agitur de eventu angelorum, et primorum parentum / On the Fall of the Angels and of the First Parents CAPUT SEXTUM. Ostenditur animum esse immortalem / Demonstration That the Soul Is Immortal CAPUT SEPTIMUM. Agitur de ijs quae pertinent ad Deum legislatorem et quoties lex divina promulgata fuerit / About Those Things Pertaining to God as Legislator and How Many Times the Divine Law Has Been Promulgated CAPUT OCTAVUM. Prosequitur Christianus tertiae legis divinae promulgationem, et Deum assumpsisse naturam humanam exponit / The Christian Continues the Proclamation of the Third Divine Law and Explains That God Assumed Human Nature CAPUT NONUM. De articulis fidei / On the Articles of Faith CAPUT DECIMUM. De christianae legis mandatis / On the Commandments of the Christian Law CAPUT UNDECIMUM. De Consilijs a Christo propositis / On the Counsels Proposed by Christ CAPUT DUODECIMUM. De Sacramentis a Christo institutis / On the Sacraments Instituted by Christ CAPUT DECIMUMTERTIUM. Agitur de Deo quatenus remunerator est / On God as Redeemer Appendix: True Record of the Holy Religion of the Lord of Heaven / Contents of A True Record of the Holy Religion of the Lord of Heaven / Chapter 7: Divine Nature of the Lord of Heaven / Chapter 8: The Five Places Where Souls Return / Chapter 11: Explanation of the Truths about the Lord of Heaven That People Must Believe Bibliography Index
'This annotated translation establishes a new milestone in scholarship on Michele Ruggieri, co-founder of the Jesuit China mission. Through a painstaking and judicious analysis of sources in multiple European and Asian languages, Canaris unveils many previously unknown or underappreciated facets of Ruggieri's journey, character, missionary approach, and Sinological scholarship.' Prof. Qiong Zhang, Wake Forest University, author of Making the New World Their Own:Chinese Encounters with Jesuit Science in the Age of Discovery
'This annotated translation establishes a new milestone in scholarship on Michele Ruggieri, co-founder of the Jesuit China mission. Through a painstaking and judicious analysis of sources in multiple European and Asian languages, Canaris unveils many previously unknown or underappreciated facets of Ruggieri's journey, character, missionary approach, and Sinological scholarship.' Qiong Zhang, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Wake Forest University
Author Information
Daniel Canaris received his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 2017 and is a DECRA Research Fellow in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney. He has published widely on Sino-Western cultural exchange, including Vico and China (Voltaire Foundation, 2020).
