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Appendix C Xu Guangqi’s Writings This appendix catalogues the writings that have been attributed to Xu Guangqi  (1562–1633). It is based primarily on the following sources: 1. Bibliographies: a. Liang Jiamian &(, Xu Guangqi nianpu   [Chronological biography of Xu Guangqi] (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe 0 2, 1981), hereinafter XGQNP; b. Xu Zongze $, Ming-Qing jian Yesu huishi yi zhu tiyao  & [Annotated bibliography of the translations and writings of the Jesuits during the Ming and Qing dynasties] (Taibei: Zhonghua shuju #.&, 1989); c. Standard bibliographies, such as Zhongguo congshu zonglu #'.  [General catalogue of Chinese collectanea], ed. Shanghai tushuguan . (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe 02, 1986). 2. Collections: a. Xu Guangqi ji ( [Collected works of Xu Guangqi] (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe 02, 1984), hereinafter XGQJ; b. Xu Guangqi zhu yi ji &( [Collected writings and translations of Xu Guangqi] edited by Shanghai shi wenwu baoguan weiyuanhui   "))! and Gu Tinglong #  (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe 02, 1983), hereinafter XGZYJ; c. Zengding Xu Wending gong ji  %( [Collected works of Xu Guangqi, revised and enlarged] (Taibei: Taiwan Zhonghua shuju # .&, 1962), hereinafter ZXWGJ; d. Other collections, including, for example, Ming jingshi wen bian 1 & [Collection of Ming writings on statecraft] (Beijing: Zhonghua shuju #.&, 1962), hereinafter MJSWB. Each of these sources has its strengths and shortcomings. Liang’s Xu Guangqi nianpu contains the most complete list of works by Xu, in chronological order. 291 292 Appendix C Xu Guangqi’s Writings However, Liang does not provide the collections containing these works; there is no indication which dates are Liang’s conjectures, and which are in the prefaces; although Wang’s XGQJ is listed in the bibliography, over 50 works collected there are not listed in Xu Guangqi nianpu. On the other hand, Wang’s XGQJ contains no comprehensive bibliography of Xu’s works; none of his longer works are included; Xu’s religious works are minimized; and the writings are listed by category, often without the dates. I have also included works of Xu included in ZXWGJ, and other collections; and I have consulted Xu Zongze’s bibliography of works in the Vatican, Xujiahui, and Paris. For future research, a particularly important resource is the Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database), an ongoing project initiated by Erik Zürcher and now continued by Ad Dudink and Nicolas Standaert, which lists both primary and secondary sources, and is available at http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/sinology/cct.1 For extant texts, I note the collection, e.g., “In XGQJ”; if a work is only listed in a bibliography, I note the bibliography in parentheses, e.g., “(XGQNP)”; if a bibliography states that a work is no longer extant, I include that information in parentheses, e.g., “(XGQNP, states no longer extant).” Full bibliographic information for the abbreviations used in this appendix for collections and bibliographies (for example, “XGQJ,” “XGQNP,” and “ZXWGJ” in the first entries below) can be found on pages 305–308 of the Bibliography. For dates of these treatises I have followed Liang’s ordering; it should be noted that in many cases Liang’s dates may be speculative. Where dates are available in a preface, I have noted this in brackets. In cases where no date is given in the preface, Liang omitted the treatise, or no conventional date is known, I have tentatively assigned a date followed by a question mark, to indicate that it is my own estimate. Transliterations into pinyin are in some cases speculative. Finally, this list should not be considered complete, and it should be noted that some of the works listed here that have been attributed to Xu were likely not authored by Xu himself. In this book I have not attempted to address the difficult problem of authorship, but I consider it likely that the memorials, prefaces, and letters attributed to Xu were most likely written by Xu himself; some of the other works, however, may have been attributed to him because of his status.2 Wanli Reign (1573–1620) 1597. “Shun zhi ju shenshan zhizhong” $#. In XGQJ. 1 I thank Nicolas Standaert for bringing this project to my attention. 2 On the authorship of several texts attributed to Xu, see Ad Dudink, “The Image of Xu Guangqi as Author of Christian Texts,” in Statecraft and Intellectual Renewal in Late Ming China: The Cross-Cultural Synthesis of Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), ed. Catherine Jami, Gregory Blue, and Peter M. Engelfriet (Leiden: Brill, 2001), 99–154. See also footnote 2 on page 195 of this book. [18.222.23.119] Project MUSE...

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