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Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses : A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese / Father Adriano di St. Thecla.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: 2002Description: 1 online resource (239 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501719073
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299.5/1 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2055.A3713 2002
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781501719073

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.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)