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

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 C...

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Main Author: Clark, Anthony E.
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Published: Springer Nature 2021-01-09
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