耶穌會羅馬檔案館明清天主教文獻 Chinese Christian Texts from the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus

耶穌會羅馬檔案館明清天主教文獻

Chinese Christian Texts from the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus

鐘鳴旦．杜鼎克  主編

全套12冊，精裝；12 Volumes, Hardcover

 

這套十二冊的集子選自耶穌會羅馬檔案館「和ー漢文部」尚未發表的文獻。整個「和ー漢文部」四區(Jap. Sin. I-IV)的資料，包括重出、重印與不同版本的書籍，約有580種，其中約有520種是中文書籍。除了其中二十幾種，這些中文書大體出版於明、清之際，最早的一批中文書籍在十七世紀初便已送抵羅馬。

本選輯的材料分屬於幾種不同的範疇，每個範疇的份量都差不多，因此這些範疇並不能算是嚴格的分類。這些主題大體依原來館藏的分類和號數而定，而且各別作者的不同著作，包括其不同版本的抄本，也都編在一起。

本選輯的前三冊主要是有關教義問答、與介紹祈禱和冥思方法一類的作品。其中包含某些中國最早介紹天主教教義的作品，如羅明堅(Michele Ruggieri)1584的原版《天主實錄》(no. 1)、王豐肅（後來改名為高一志，Alfonso Vagnone）1615的《教要解略》(no. 3)，或是羅如望(João de Rocha)圖解玫瑰經禱文的《誦念珠規程》(no. 6)。

冊三與冊四主要為艾儒略(Giulio Aleni)所撰的耶穌生平事蹟。冊五則廣泛包含了各類天主教禮儀，如柏應理(Philippe Couplet)的永年瞻禮單，和其他人有關喪禮的解釋。有類文藝復興式的哲學與科學則包含在第六冊，如介紹亞里斯多德式的心理學(no. 26)、繪畫的藝術(no. 27)、或是夢與睡(nos. 28-29)的研究。

第七冊為《口鐸日抄》乃1630-1640年間傳教士在福建的講道。第八至十一冊則是中國教徒所撰的書籍。冊八與九乃是他們撰寫的有關天主教的各種主題。中國教徒在禮儀之爭中所扮演的角色迄今仍被低估，冊十與十一便是他們表達對禮儀問題的看法，這些資料可能會挑戰傳統上將禮儀之爭僅視為歐洲問題的觀點。最後的第十二冊則包含了各式各樣的主題，如自然哲學、醫學、聖人的生平、著名中國傳教士的傳記和中國各種修會的規約。

This collection of twelve volumes contains a selection of hitherto unpublished texts that belong to Japonica-Sinica section (Jap. Sin. I-IV) of the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus.

The entire section contains ca. 580 titles including duplicates, reprints and other editions. Most of these titles (ca. 520) are in Chinese. Except for some twenty titles, they all date back to the late Ming or early Qing. The first books were already sent to Rome in the early seventeenth century and gradually the library expanded.

The texts are grouped in several categories which are brought together in volumes of approximately the same size. They can therefore not be considered strict categories. This thematic division has prevailed on the original categorization and numeration of the Japonica-Sinica I-IV section, and texts by the same author, including the different versions of a manuscript, have been brought together.

The first three volumes cover mainly catechetical writings and some texts that introduce methods of prayer and meditation. They include some of the earliest introductions of the Christian doctrine, such as Michele Ruggieri’s original version (1584) of Tianzhu shilu (no. 1), Alfonso Vagnone’s explanation of Doctrina Christiana or Tianzhu jiaoyao (1615) (no. 3) or the illustrated guide to the prayer of the Rosary by Joao da Rocha (Song nianzhu guicheng) (no. 6).

Volume three and four contain two important writtings by Giulio Aleni on the Life of Christ (nos. 14, 15). Volume five is organized around the broad category of Christian ritual, including a perpetual liturgical calendar by Philippe Couplet (no. 19) and explanations of the funeral ritual by different authors. Philosophy and science in the renaissance sense of the word are included in the sixth volume: introductions to Aristotelian psychology (no. 26), the art of drawing (no. 27) or the study of sleep and dreams (nos. 28, 29).

Volume seven is entirely covered by Kouduo richao, an extensive selected record of the missionaries’ preaching in Fujian during a period of ten years (1630-1640). The next four volume (8-11) are texts by Chinese Christians. Volume eight and nine include various writings by them on explicitly Christian religious themes. The role of Chinese converts in the Chinese rites controversy having so far been largely underestimated, volume ten and eleven present texts in which they express themselves on this topic. These may challenge the vision of the controversy as being by and large a European problem. Appended to volume 11 is Buglio’s translation of parts of the Rituale Romanum. The twelfth and final volume contains texts on various topics such as natural philosophy, medicine, the life of saints, the biographies of famous missionaries in China, and the rules of sodalities.

 

Language: Chinese

Hardcover: 12 Volumes

ISBN: 957-9390-16-9