ABSTRACT
The forty-one entries of Book VII cover a period of ca. nine months, from 22 January to 28 October 1637. Under the title Li Jiubiao again figures as the general compiler (huiji, “collecting the notes”), but only two entries (VII. 32–33) are based on records made by himself, during Aleni’s brief visit to Haikou in June 1637. The bulk of the materials came from the south, being provided by Zhang Geng and Yan Weisheng, both from Quanzhou. Two converts from the inland district of Jianning (Shaowu prefecture) are listed as sub-editors: Li Sixuan and Li Fengxiang. The first one is well-known as the author/compiler of Aleni’s Chinese biography (Taixi Siji Ai xiansheng xingshu) and of Aleni’s Collected Sayings ([Taixi] Siji Ai xiansheng yulu), both largely based on materials supplied by Li Jiugong. The second one was Li Sixuan’s cousin. Somewhat surprisingly, two scholars from Hangzhou, Wu Huaigu and Feng Wenchang, also have acted as sub-editors.
