Confucianism and Christianity: The First Encounter

Contents

Contents Preface ................................................................................................................ ix The Cross-Cultural Perspective ........................................................................... 1 The Policy of Accommodation .................................................................... 9 Universal Monarchy and the Millennial Kingdom .................................. 10 St. Francis Xavier as Pioneer ............................................................... 12 The Chinese Calendar and the Astronomical Bureau .......................... 23 11 Matteo Ricci's ‘Original Confucianism' ...................................................... 25 The Existence of God: Shang-ti and T'ien ............................................ 29 God versus Li and Ch'j ......................................................................... 33 Christian Love and Confucian Jen ........................................................ 35 111 Hsü Kuang-ch'i's Conversion .................................................................... 41 From Confucianist to Christian ............................................................. 43 Sagehood and Salvation ...................................................................... 46 Self-transformation and Social Change ................................................ 53 IV The First Anti-Christian Incident ................................................................ 59 God versus the Supreme Ultimate ....................................................... 65 The Problem of Morality ..……..….叮……..……..…..…..……..…..…… .υ ……..….口……..……..…..……..……..…..……..…….口…..……..…..…..……..……..……..…….，……..……..……..…….叮……..……..…….……….，……..…..….叮……..……..…….叮……..….口…… .υ ……..…..…….叮……..…..……..……..……'口……..……..……..…….叮……..……..….叮……..……..……..……..……..……..…….叮……..……..….叮.70 Christianity and Western Aggression .………..…….川…...……….叮…….，…...………..……..…...……….………..…...………..…….…….，.………..……..…...………..……'口…....………..……..…...……….………..…...………..……..… ...7 河 4 V Yang Kuang-hsi旭 en's Attack .…...…...…...…..，…....…...….口..…....…...…...…...…..，…....…...….，.….叮...….叮..…'口...…....…...…...…...….叮...77 Confucian Orthodoxy versus Christian Heterodoxy .….….，…...…...…...…...….叮..…...…...….叮..….….85 T'ien and Shang-ti .….叮..…...…...…...…...…...….….，…...…'"….，.…...…...…...…...….….，…...…'"….，.….…..…....…'口..…...…...…...…...… ....89 Confucian 川 1 叫i站 st as Patriot ..…....…...…....…....…....…....….. Contents Towards an East-West Dialogue .. …… .υ …...……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..…….，…..…… .υ ……..…..……..……..……..……..…..…… .υ ……..……..…..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..……..…..……..……..……..……..……..…..……..……..……..……..…… .υ ……..…..……..……..…..……..……..……..……..……..……..…..…….叮……..…..……..……..……..……..……..….. 125 Notes .….…..….…..…...…...…...…...…...…...….一..….…..…...…...…...…..，…...…...…...…...…...… .υ..… .υ" … .υ..….叮..…...…..，…...…...…...…...….叮..….…..….…..…...…...…...…...….. 129 Bibliogr 悶 aphy.….…..….…..….叮..…....…...….…..…...…...…...…...….…..….…..…...….…..…..，…....…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...…...….叮..…...…....…...…....…....….... 149 Glossar 叩 y.…...…….一..…….…..….…..…….一..…….…..…….…..…...….叮..….…..….…..…...…...… .υ..…...…...….叫..…...….叮..…...….叮..….…..…...…...…....…...…....…...…...…...…...…...….…..…...….….. 167 Index.….叮..….叮..….…..……...…...…...…...…....…...…'"…...…...…...……...…...….…..…...…...….，.…...…...….叮...…...….…..….…..…...…...…...…...…...….叮..….叮...…....….叮..…...……...…... 177 IlIustrations ‘The Crucifixion' .................................................................................................. xii ‘Jesus and the Disciples' ................................................................................... xiii VIII ...