Kouduo richao : Li Jiubiao's Diary of oral admonitions : a late Ming Christian journal / translated, with introduction and notes by Erik Zürcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Jiubiao, -approximately 1647.

Contributor:

Zürcher, E. (Erik)

Series:

Monumenta serica monograph series ; 0179-261X 56/1-2.

Monumenta serica monograph series, 0179-261X ; 56/1-2

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Li, Jiubiao, -approximately 1647--Diaries.

Li, Jiubiao.

Jesuits--China--Diaries.

Jesuits.

Li, Jiubiao, -approximately 1647.

China.

Genre:

Diaries.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (862 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Li Jiubiao's Diary of oral admonitions

Diary of oral admonitions

Place of Publication:

Sankt Augustin : Institut Monumenta Serica ; Brescia : Fondazione Civiltà Bresciana, 2007.

Language Note:

Introduction and editorial matter in English; text in Chinese and English translation.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Preface

Introduction

I. The Text

Prologue: Fuzhou 1628/162

The Nature of the Diary and its Limitations

Title, Composition, and Successive Editions

Time Span and Geographical Range

Types of Entries: Dialogues, Stories, and Sermons

Intended Readership

The Diary and the Recorded Sayings

II. The Scene

Fujian as a Missionary Region

Church and Residence

Local Christian Communities and Associations

Christian Households

III. The Actors: Missionaries

The Scholars from the West

Giulio Aleni (Ai Ruhie, 1582-1649)

Andrzej Rudomina (Lu Ande, 1594-1632)

Bento de Mattos (Lin Bendu, 1600-1651)

SimAo da Cunha (Qu Ximan, 1589-1660)

IV. The Actors: Converts

Numbers, Composition, and Geographical Distribution

Haikou: Stephen Li Jiubiao (d. 1647) and Thomas Li Jiugong (d. 1681)

Quanzhou: Matthew Zhang Geng (ca. 1570-1646/1647)

Zhangzhou: Ambrose Yan Zanhua (d. ca. 1695)

Jianning: Stephen Li Sixuan (d. after 1661)

V. The Actors: Outsiders

VI. Doctrine

The First Steps: "Entering the Doctrine"

The Lord of Heaven: Creator, Great Parent, and Supreme Ruler

Incarnation, Passion, and Redemption

Supernatural Powers of Good and Evil: Angels and Devils

Mediators and Patrons: The Holy Mother and All the Saints

Death and the Hereafter

Body and Soul

Merit and Grace, Sin and Penance

VII. Communal Rituals: Holy Mass and Funeral

VIII. Social Aspects

Tension and Conflict

Gender Relations: Marriage and the Prohibition of Concubinage

Social Inequality: In Praise of Poverty

IX. "Western Studies": (Pre)history, Science, and Technology

The Sciences and the Primacy of Religion

Prehistory: "The Chronicles of Judea"

Natural Science

Appendix: In memoriam Giulio Aleni by Antonio de Gouvea

The Diary of Oral Admonitions; Annotated Translation

Preface to The Diary of Oral Admonitions by Zhang Geng

Preface to The Diary of Oral Admonitions by Lin Yijun

Brief Introduction to The Diary of Oral Admonitions by Li Jiubiao

The Diary of Oral Admonitions. Editorial Principles (fanli)

Book I (13 March 1630 - 24 March 1631)

Book II (1 May - 28 November 1631)

Book III (7 January - 12 September 1632)

A Note about Book III, by Li Jiubiao

Book IV (14 March - 16 October 1633)

A Few Words about Book IV, by Li Jiubiao

Book V (24 November 1633 - 29 June 1634)

Book VI (29 July 1634 - 25 September 1636)

Book VII (22 January - 28 October 1637)

Book VIII (23 September 1638 - 4 July 1640)

The Chinese Text of Kouduo richao (from ARSI, vol. 12 [Jap. Sin. I.81])

Contents of Kouduo richao

Contents of Book I

Contents of Book II

Contents of Book III

Contents of Book IV

Contents of Book V

Contents of Book VI

Contents of Book VII

Contents of Book VIII

Bibliography

Abbreviations

I. Chinese Sources

II. Western Sources

III. Secondary Literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 771-814) and index.

ISBN:

9783805005432

3805005431

OCLC:

150414640

Publisher Number:

99992954505