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Conference Paper: Building a Temple Inside the Mind: Christian-Confucian Spiritual Life in Late Ming Fujian
| Title | Building a Temple Inside the Mind: Christian-Confucian Spiritual Life in Late Ming Fujian |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2019 |
| Citation | International Workshop & Symposium on Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 2-5 October 2019 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | With a focus on the unique work Kouduo richao 口鐸日抄 (Diary of Oral Admonitions, 1630-1640), this paper aims to unravel the formation of a hybrid Christian-Confucian spiritual life in late Ming Fujian. The Jesuit missionaries, especially Giulio Aleni (1582-1649), and Fujian literati-converts engaged in dialogic learning similar to the master-disciple model of knowledge transmission among Song-Ming Neo-Confucians. They discussed on how to eradicate mortal sins, how to overcome temptations, and how to preserve and nourish the mind through self-examinations. On the one hand, Aleni taught his convert disciples many Catholic exempla that meanwhile embodied fundamental Confucian virtues. On the other hand, the literati-converts tended to reinterpret the doctrines of Confucian and Jesuit masters when “building a temple inside the mind.” Their devoted search for a contemplative life led to an interiorized identity-construction that blended Christian spirituality and Confucian morality towards the end of the Ming regime. |
| Description | Panel II: Christianity in China |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293970 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Song, G | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-23T08:24:28Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-23T08:24:28Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | International Workshop & Symposium on Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, 2-5 October 2019 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/293970 | - |
| dc.description | Panel II: Christianity in China | - |
| dc.description.abstract | With a focus on the unique work Kouduo richao 口鐸日抄 (Diary of Oral Admonitions, 1630-1640), this paper aims to unravel the formation of a hybrid Christian-Confucian spiritual life in late Ming Fujian. The Jesuit missionaries, especially Giulio Aleni (1582-1649), and Fujian literati-converts engaged in dialogic learning similar to the master-disciple model of knowledge transmission among Song-Ming Neo-Confucians. They discussed on how to eradicate mortal sins, how to overcome temptations, and how to preserve and nourish the mind through self-examinations. On the one hand, Aleni taught his convert disciples many Catholic exempla that meanwhile embodied fundamental Confucian virtues. On the other hand, the literati-converts tended to reinterpret the doctrines of Confucian and Jesuit masters when “building a temple inside the mind.” Their devoted search for a contemplative life led to an interiorized identity-construction that blended Christian spirituality and Confucian morality towards the end of the Ming regime. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Workshop & Symposium on Historical Legacies of Christianity in East Asia | - |
| dc.title | Building a Temple Inside the Mind: Christian-Confucian Spiritual Life in Late Ming Fujian | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Song, G: songg@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Song, G=rp01151 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 320165 | - |