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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483820603321

Autore

Clark Anthony E.

Titolo

A Chinese Jesuit Catechism : Giulio Aleni's Four Character Classic 四字經文 / / by Anthony E. Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9789811596247

9811596247

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 105 p. 11 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Collana

Christianity in Modern China, , 2730-7883

Disciplina

905

Soggetti

Christianity

Religion - History

International relations

Children's literature

Religion and culture

Religion

History of Religion

International Relations

Children's Literature

Cross-cultural Studies

Confucianism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.