Subjects

Bible, 108, 244 bibliography, seventeenth-century,

250 Board or Bureau of Astronomy. See

Astronomical Bureau body and soul, teaching of Thomas

Aquinas about, 166 Buddhism, 79, 80, 87, 88, 92, 100,

Buddhism and Taoism, 40, 49, 51, 60, 132, 139, 382

Buddhism and Taoism, refuted, 200 Buddhists theory of hell, refuted,

200 business transactions, 188

Cabbala, 553 calendar, 154, 176,209,240,294,

325,328,330,344 canals, 377, 380 cannon, 217,380,381 Cantonese words in Chinese-

Portuguese vocabulary, 544 catechism, 70, 73, 92, 138, 139,

catechist, 39,45,50,208,214 catechumens, instruction of, 168 Catholic press, necessity of, 133 Celestial Worthy of Prime Origin

(the Way), 200 celibacy, 87 charms, 176 charms and spells, refuted, 200 Ch'eng brothers, philosophy of, 481 chi (sacrifice), meaning of, 52 chiao (to collate), taboo character

(T'ien-ch'i emperor), 357, 388 China, beginning of its history, 539 Chinese Christian text, nineteenth

century, 243, 244,245, 246 Chinese Classics, 518

Western translation of, 474, 475, 477,479

Chinese clergy, 211 Chinese dictionaries, 426 Chinese illustrations after European

originals, 112 Chinese language, notebook for

learning, 44 Chinese rites, 42, 46, 47, 54, 55, 63,

missioners of, 443 Chinese terminology, collection of

unusual, 225 Chinese writings, necessity of

studying, 43 Chinese, originating from Judea,

141, 145 Ch'ing-ming feast, visit to tombs,

205 choosing lucky days, 92 Christian practices of late Ming, 188 Christian truths attained outside

Christianity, 182 chronology of Chinese and biblical

62 city god, 56,60,68,69, 132 clavichord, 84 colloquial style, books in, 100 color printing, 273, 415 concubinage, 31,92, 133 Confession, 100, 130, 188,238,352 confraternity (congregation,

sodality), 87, 133,233,234,457, 458,459,460

Confucianism, 51 Confucianism and Christianity, 54,

Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have the same source refuted, 200

constellations, twenty-eight, 552 Copernican theories, attempt by

Foucquet o introduce, 438 cosmography, 354 creation, 125, 135, 149, 150, 160,

177, 191 Creed, explanation of the, 134, 169 crosses

appearing in the sky,493,495 discoveries of stone, 31 on paper, buried along with the dead,496

death, happy, 238, 242, 248 Decalogue, 92, 120, 147, 150, 160,

165,213,236,461 dialogue form, 92, 100, 122, 124,

236,365 diseases

divination, 49, 92, 176,347 dreams, 92, 296, 365

earthquakes, 163 eclipses, ceremonies at, 60, 68 ecliptic and equator, tables of, 356 edifying stories, 29, 223 education, 359 eight-legged essays, collection of,

402 Epictetus (translation ot), 85 ethics, 118 European paper, Chinese printing

on, 228 examination literature, 19, 399,400,

false religion, 150 fasting, 49, 100 fasting (Buddhist), refuted, 200 fate, 176 figurism, 253, 440,514,516,518,

534,550 filial piety, 559 final judgment, 150 firearms, 116, 450 fixed stars, 323 forecasting, astronomical, 349 four elements, basis of all

147,156,238 friendship, 78, 153,204 Fu-ch'ien, the song, 204 Fu-hsi, miraculous conception of,

539 Fukien dialect, 165 funeral rites, 31, 35, 56, 59, 132,

gambling, 188 geography of South China, 463 geography of the world, 300 geomancy,49,56,69,176,347 geometry, 289, 293, 298 God

attributes of, 135 existence and nature of, 318 proof of existence, 152

Han dynasty divided into three, 540 Han-shu, 439 heaven and hell, 150, 154, 165 heliocentric system, 311 hieroglyphics, 253 Ho-t'u and La-shu, 552 hou-t'ien (posterior Heaven) = God

incarnated, 520 hsiang-kung. See catechist human mind, 296 human nature (hsing) is good, 179 hydraulics, 119,367

I-ching and the Bible, 550 illustrations

cannon, 381 hydraulica, 367 massage, 393

immortality of the soul, 520 Incarnation, 49, 102, 125, 128, 149,

150,238 infanticide (female), 31

Japanese language, 428 Japanese-language books, 257, 259,

260,261,263 Jesus, 107,234,318 Josaphat and Barlaam, 162 judgement after death, 154,238

Kuan Kung, veneration of, 69 Kuan-yin, portrait of, 559 K'uei-hsing (god of literature) seal,

13,25

Latin alphabet, 430 Latin, study of, 253 Ii and ch'i, 204, 278 Lung-wu (reign-title), erased, 296 ~anchu,210,394,504,518 ~anchu, Chinese Christian text

translated into, 77, 124, 172, 173, 174,270,351

~ary, 114, 197,233,238,241,318, 457,459

~ass,52, 127, 129,238,263,353 mathematics, 116,289,357,454 medical texts, 386, 387, 388, 389,

397,398 meditation, 166, 241 memorials, collection of, 381 Messiah, 514, 520, 532 Mexican hieroglyphs, 553

minor orders (porter), 188 miracles, 493, 495 missioners

seen as Buddhist monks, 88, 227 seen as spies for the Japanese, 87,217 source of income, 87

Mongols, 489 morality books (shan-shu), 116,

180,223

Napier's rods method of calculation, 315

natural philosophy, 362 Nestorian monument, 28, 88, 110,

133,303,540,541,544 Nestorianism, 28, 56, 141 Noah, 519, 539 numerology, refuted, 200

Observatory, Imperial, 379 one-folio sheets, collection of, 493 origin of mankind, 134 Our Father, explanation of, 196

P'an-ku, 539 paper money, 35, 58, 59 Passion, 102, 161 persecution instigated by Yang

Kuang-hsien, 372, 558 philosophy, 380 phonology, 430 physics, 357 pictures, theory, 365 poems, booklet of (Ruggieri), 445 Portiuncula Indulgence, 396 prayer, 59, 148, 161, 197,232,237,

241,457 local dialects not to be used in, 458

precepts of the Church, 461 priesthood, manual for Chinese

candidates, 147 primary texts for students Chinese,

religion, 249 Protestant (Anglican) missions in

Chekiang, 274 Providence, proofs of, 319 psychology (Aristotelian), 296 Ptolemaic theory, 369 pulse method, 392 purgatory, 35

quotations of Classics out of context, 61, 69

125,135,152,318 Resurrection, 150 romanization, 45, 74, 216, 298 routes from Nanking to Peking, 437

Sacraments, explanation of the, 102 sacrifice (chi), 62, 81 scale for use in calculations, 3 14 selection of lucky days, refuted, 348 seminary, 201 senses, 296 Shang-ti, 54, 75,439,440,480, 524 sheng1en,67,439,440 sheng-tz'u, 40, 41, 54 Shen-nung, 539 Shensi, traditional customs in, 60 shen-tz'u (shrines for deities), 54 Shen-weicannon,380 Society of Jesus, Rules and

Constitution, translated, 212 sodomy, 31, 92 soul, 49,150, 152, 164, 165, 166,

178,238,296,318,366,439 spirits, 176, 202, 204 stars, maps of, 322 suicide of women, 31 sun spots, 354

Sung philosophers, 454 supersition, refutation of, 33, 177,

199,202,204 superstitions around calendar, 329

T'ai-chi, 177,204,278,440,519, 537

Ta-/i-i controversy, 7 Tao = God, 440, 514 Taoism, 181,202,439

Foucquet copiously quotes the Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, 514

of, 198 theory ofWu-chi and T'ai-chi

refuted by mathematics, 454 Thomas, apostle, in China, 31, 141 thunderbolts, striking men, essays

on reason why, 200 T'ien (Heaven), 57, 170, 440 T'ien and Shang-ti, 178, 516, 531 T'ien-hsueh t'u-shu (seal), 202 toleration decree, 1692,375 translation of Western books,

project of, 303

trigonometry, 316, 317, 355 Trinity, 98, 150,519

vernacular (catechism), 188 vernacular, use of, in Mass and

ceremonies, 211 Vierges de la Presentation, rules of,

245 virtues, three theological, 147 vocabulary, 254, 258 vocabulary, Chinese-Portuguese,

wedding ceremonies, 59 Wen-ch'ang hua-shu, refuted, 200 West, account of the, 302, 442 Western scholars, 49 Western sciences, 132,303 works of mercy, 195 World-honored One (Buddha), 200 worship of Heaven and Earth, 69