Angelo Zottoli, a Jesuit missionary in China (1848 to 1902) : his life and ideas / / Antonio De Caro

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910585770203321
• Autore: De Caro Antonio
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9789811652974; 9789811652967
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 pages)
• Collana: Christianity in Modern China
• Disciplina: 780
• Soggetti: Missionaries China Biography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Angelo Zottoli and His Mission -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 The Jesuit Mission in Zi-Ka-Wei 徐家匯: The Restoration of Old Memories -- 1.3 Angelo Zottoli: A Brief Biography -- 2 The Labyrinth of Zi-Ka-Wei -- 2.1 Those Who Love Their Life Lose It: Zottoli's Mission and His Views on Cosmogony -- 2.1.1 Divergent Views on Cosmogony: Zottoli's Major Challenge -- 2.2 My reflection on Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics -- 2.2.1 Doing (Cross-Cultural) Philosophy: Paideia Παιδεία (Education) and Xiu Shen 修 (Self-Cultivation) -- 2.3 Jesuit Spirituality and Zottoli's Spiritual Formation -- 2.4 A Complex Heritage: Jesuit Missions in China from the 15th to the 19th centuries -- 2.4.1 Ricci's Critique of Neo-Confucianism -- 2.4.2 The Figurists and Their Acceptance of Neo-Confucianism -- 2.5 James Legge and Angelo Zottoli: A Tale of Two 19th Century Sinologists -- 2.6 Zottoli's Hermeneutics -- 2.7 Toward a Closer Examination of Zottoli's Cosmogony -- 3 A Cosmogonic Journey: Zottoli's Works and Ideas About the Cosmos -- 3.1 Introductory Note -- 3.2 The Cursus (1879-1882) -- 3.2.1 Contemporary Reception of the Cursus -- 3.2.2 Cosmogonic Ideas in the Cursus and the Presentation of Neo-Confucian Cosmogony -- 3.2.2.1 The Jesuit Understanding of taiji 太極: The Example of François Noël (Wei Fanji 方濟, 1651-1729) -- 3.2.3 On Early Confucian Cosmogony -- 4 Zottoli's Works in Dialogue with Chinese Culture ; and Jesuit Spirituality -- 4.1 Nanjing Catechism (1892) -- 4.2 Ascetic Nomenclature (1877) -- 4.3 Uncertain Clues on Zottoli's Philosophical Positions in the Cursus (1879-1882) -- 4.4 The Latin-Chinese Dictionary (Dictionarium Latino-Sinicum, C.A. 1902) -- 4.5 Remarks on these Other Texts on Roman Catholic Spirituality and Chinese Philosophy.; 5 The Qu Pi Xun Meng 取 (1869-1870) and a summary of Zottoli's Chinese Roman Catholic Cosmogony -- 6 The Fifth Chapter of the Qu Pi Xun Meng and Zottoli's Main Cosmogonic Ideas -- 6.1 An English Translation of selections from the Fifth Chapter of the Qu Pi Xun Meng -- 6.2 Philosophical and Terminological Reflections on the Fifth Chapter of the Qu Pi Xun Meng -- 6.2.1 On the Term hua cheng 化成 (Completed Transformation) -- 6.2.2 Preservation of the Cosmos and Eternal Creation (Zai zao 再 ) -- 6.2.3 God as the Ruler (Wang 王): A Possible Influence from Ricci's Tianzhu Shiyi 天主實義 -- 7 The Sixth Chapter of the Qu Pi Xun Meng: The Role of Humans in the Cosmos and the Nature of Evil -- 7.1 English Translation of Selected Parts of the Sixth Chapter of the Qu Pi Xun Meng -- 7.2 Philosophical and Terminological Reflections on the Sixth Chapter of the Qu Pi Xun Meng -- 7.2.1 Tian Di 天地 (Heaven and Earth): Angels Inhabit Heaven While Humans Inhabit Earth -- 7.2.2 The Role of Humans in Cosmogony and the Nature of Evil -- 7.3 Further Remarks on the Qu Pi Xun Meng -- 7.4 The Context of Zi-ka-wei and the Qu Pi Xun Meng: The Works of the Figurists on Neo-confucianism and Zottoli's Innovation -- 7.5 Conclusion -- 8 Crossroads of Dreams and Hopes -- 8.1 A Journey Between Meng ("Youthful" Ignorance) and Meng 夢 (Dream): Zottoli's Approach to Cosmogony -- 8.1.1 Meng ("Youthful" Ignorance): Zottoli as an Educator -- 8.1.2 Meng 夢 (Dream): Zottoli as a Creative Jesuit Missionary -- 8.2 Zottoli's Vision Beyond Cosmogony -- 8.2.1 Zottoli's Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics: A Different Approach -- 8.2.2 Was Zottoli a Colonizer? -- 8.2.3 A Vision Embedded in the Community -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources with annotations -- Published and unpublished works by Angelo Zottoli: -- Works about Zottoli -- Secondary Literature -- European Philosophy and European Studies.; Jesuit Studies (Excluding Studies on Jesuits in China) -- Roman Catholic Theology -- Chinese Philosophy and Chinese Studies -- History of Christianity in China (Including Works of Jesuit Missionaries on Chinese Philosophy and Science) -- History of Zi-Ka-Wei and Shanghai -- Miscellanea -- Index.