A Chinese Jesuit Catechism

This book is the first scholarly study of the famous Jesuit Chinese children’s primer, the  Four Character Classic , written by Giulio Aleni (1582–1649) while living in Fujian, China. This book also includes masterful translations of both Wang Yinglin’s (1551–1602) hallowed Confucian  Three Character Classic  and Aleni’s Chinese catechism that was published during the Qing (1644–1911). Clark’s careful reading of the  Four Character Classic  provides n