Chinese Theology and Translation: The Christianity of the Jesuit Figurists and their Christianized Yijing...

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Sophie Ling-chia Wei

Chinese Theology and Translation

The Christianity of the Jesuit Figurists and their Christianized Yijing

Sophie Ling-chia Wei

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Routledge
30 June 2021

Regional studies; Asian history; Non-Western philosophy; Philosophy of religion; Other non-Christian religions

Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy

This book uncovers the Jesuits’ mystic theological interpretation in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing) in their mission in China.

The book analyzes how Jesuit Figurists incorporated their intralingual translation of the Yijing, the Classical and vernacular use of Chinese language and the imitation of Chinese literati’s format, and the divinization of Yijing numbers into their typological exegesis.

By presenting the different ways in which Jesuit Figurists Christianized the Yijing and crafted a Chinese version of Jesus and Christian stories onto the Chinese classics, this book reveals the value of Jesuit missionary-translators. The Chinese manuscripts the Figurists left behind became treasures which have been excavated and displayed in this book. These treasures reveal the other side of the story, the side not much shown in past scholarship on the Figurists. These handwritten manuscripts on the Christianized Yijing are a legacy which continues to impact European understanding of Chinese history and civilization in later centuries.

A first analysis of these manuscripts in Chinese, the book will be of interest to scholars working on the history of Christianity in China, Translation Studies, and East Asian Religion and Philosophy.

By: Sophie Ling-chia Wei
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9781032088280
ISBN 10: 1032088281
Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 30 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sophie Ling-chia Wei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Translation at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.