A Chinese Jesuit Catechism

Giulio Aleni’s Four Character Classic 四字經文

By:

Anthony E. Clark

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Christianity in Modern China

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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.

Author Biography:

Anthony E. Clark is Professor of Chinese History and Edward B. Lindaman Endowed Chair at Whitworth University. He is the author of several books, including China’s Catholics in an Era of Transformation (2020), China Gothic: The Bishop of Beijing and His Cathedral (2019), and Heaven in Conflict: Franciscans and the Boxer Uprising in Shanxi (2015)

Release date Australia

January 10th, 2021

Author

Anthony E. Clark

Series

Christianity in Modern China

Pages

105

Edition

1st ed. 2021

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 105 p. 11 illus., 1 illus. in color.

ISBN-13

9789811596230

Product ID

33920172

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