A Chinese Jesuit Catechism: Giulio Aleni’s Four Character Classic 四字經文

Title (Dublin Core): A Chinese Jesuit Catechism: Giulio Aleni’s Four Character Classic 四字經文
Creator (Dublin Core): Anthony E. Clark
Abstract (Dublin Core): 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.
Publisher (Dublin Core): Springer Nature
Date (Dublin Core): 2021-01-09
number of pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 118
Language (Dublin Core): en
isbn (Bibliographic Ontology): 9789811596247
short title (Bibliographic Ontology): A Chinese Jesuit Catechism