K'ung Tzu or Confucius? : the Jesuit interpretation of Confucianism / Paul A Rule.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rule, Paul, 1937- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confucianism.

Confucianism--Relations--Christianity.

Jesuits--China.

Jesuits.

Physical Description:

xx, 342 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brompton, SA : ATF Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit interpretation of Confucianism

Michele Ruggieri and the establishment of the mission

Matteo Ricci and the discovery of Confucianism

Ricci's interpretation of Confucianism

Matteo Ricci and the Chinese Rites question

Ricci and Confucianism: syncretism, accommodation, encounter?

The Confucian interpretation of the Jesuits

Hsu Kuang-ch'i

LiChih-tsao

Yang T'ing-yun

ch. Two A Point of Fact: The Debate over Terms and Rites (1610-1688)

The Jesuit debate over terms

The arrival of the friars and the beginning of the debate over Chinese Rites

Legitimate prejudices?

Lull in the storm

Confucius Sinarum Philosophus

ch. Three Son of Heaven and Vicar of Christ: The Chinese Rites Controversy (1688

1742)

Chingt'ien

-`Adore Heaven'?

Louis Le Comte vs. the Sorbonne

The papal legates

The aftermath of the Rites

ch. Four Moses or China? the Jesuit Figurists

The Figurists and their critics

Joachim Bouvet and the prophecies of the I-ching

Jean-Francois Foucquet and the symbolism of the Chinese classics

Joseph de Premare and the theory of `vestiges'

ch. Five The Jesuits and the beginning of Scientific Sinology

Jean Baptiste du Halde

Antoine Gaubil

Alexandre de la Charme and the Hsing-li chen-ch'iian

The Memoires concernant I'histoire ... etc des chinois.

Notes:

First published: 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1922582093

9781922582096

1922582085

9781922582089

OCLC:

1319648836

Publisher Number:

99992874501