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Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses : A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese / Father Adriano di St. Thecla.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- di St. Thecla, Father Adriano, author.
- Series:
- Studies on Southeast Asia ; Number 33.
- Studies on Southeast Asia ; Number 33
- Standardized Title:
- Opusculum de sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses. English & Latin
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Religious Studies.
- China--Religion.
- China.
- Vietnam--Religion.
- Vietnam.
- Local Subjects:
- History.
- Religious Studies.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Facsim. of the original Latin manuscript with English translation; critical material in English.
- Summary:
- This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table Of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword / Taylor, K. W.
- Preface / Jensen, Lionel M.
- Translator's Introduction / Dror, Olga
- Opusculum De Sectis Apud Slnenses Et Tunkinenses. Father Adriano di St. Thecla
- Introduction: On The Sects Of The Chinese And Annamites
- Chapter One: On The Sect Of The Literati
- Chapter Two: On The Spirits And Their Cult
- Chapter Three: On The Sect Of Magicians
- Chapter Four: On Fortune-Tellers And Diviners
- Chapter Five: On The Sect Of Worshippers Of [Buddha]
- Chapter Six: On The Christian Religion Among The Chinese And Annamites
- Glossary 1
- Glossary 2
- Glossary 3
- Facsimile Opusculum De Sectis Apud Slnenses Et Tunkinenses. Father Adriano Di St. Thecla
- Notes:
- Errata slip included.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-5017-1907-6
- OCLC:
- 1080550681
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