1st Edition
Kouduo richao. Li Jiubiao's Diary of Oral Admonitions. A Late Ming Christian Journal Translated, with Introduction and Notes by Erik Z�rcher, Vol. 1
By Erik Zürcher
Copyright 2007
618 Pages
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Routledge
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The Diary of Oral Admonitions (Kouduo richao) is an invaluable mirror of early Chinese Christianity, as it stands out as the only source that allows a glimpse of Jesuit missionary practice in China on a local level - "accommodation in action" - and of the various responses of the Chinese audience, both converts and interested outsiders. It is a compilation of some five hundred notes "about... Read more
Volume 1, Introduction, I. The Text, II. The Scene, III. The Actors: Missionaries, IV. The Actors: Converts, V. The Actors: Outsiders, VI. Doctrine, VII. Communal Rituals: Holy Mass and Funeral, VIII. Social Aspects, IX. "Western Studies": (Pre)history, Science, and Technology, Appendix: In memoriam Giulio Aleni by Antonio de Gouvea
Biography
Erik Zurcher (Author)
