Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses : A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese /
di St. Thecla, Father Adriano
Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses : A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese / Father Adriano di St. Thecla. - 1 online resource (239 p.)
Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Translator's Introduction -- Opusculum De Sectis Apud Slnenses Et Tunkinenses. Father Adriano di St. Thecla -- Introduction: On The Sects Of The Chinese And Annamites -- Chapter One: On The Sect Of The Literati -- Chapter Two: On The Spirits And Their Cult -- Chapter Three: On The Sect Of Magicians -- Chapter Four: On Fortune-Tellers And Diviners -- Chapter Five: On The Sect Of Worshippers Of [Buddha] -- Chapter Six: On The Christian Religion Among The Chinese And Annamites -- Glossary 1 -- Glossary 2 -- Glossary 3 -- Facsimile Opusculum De Sectis Apud Slnenses Et Tunkinenses. Father Adriano Di St. Thecla
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This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501719073
10.7591/9781501719073 doi
Asian Studies.
History.
Religious Studies.
RELIGION / History.
BL2055.A3713 2002
299.5/1
Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses : A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese / Father Adriano di St. Thecla. - 1 online resource (239 p.)
Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Preface -- Translator's Introduction -- Opusculum De Sectis Apud Slnenses Et Tunkinenses. Father Adriano di St. Thecla -- Introduction: On The Sects Of The Chinese And Annamites -- Chapter One: On The Sect Of The Literati -- Chapter Two: On The Spirits And Their Cult -- Chapter Three: On The Sect Of Magicians -- Chapter Four: On Fortune-Tellers And Diviners -- Chapter Five: On The Sect Of Worshippers Of [Buddha] -- Chapter Six: On The Christian Religion Among The Chinese And Annamites -- Glossary 1 -- Glossary 2 -- Glossary 3 -- Facsimile Opusculum De Sectis Apud Slnenses Et Tunkinenses. Father Adriano Di St. Thecla
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501719073
10.7591/9781501719073 doi
Asian Studies.
History.
Religious Studies.
RELIGION / History.
BL2055.A3713 2002
299.5/1