The Interpretation of Tang Christianity in the Late Ming China Mission: Manuel Dias Jr.'s Correct Explanation of the Tang "Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching" (1644)

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8 The Interpretation of Tang Christianity in the Late Ming China Mission Manuel Dias Jr.’s Correct Explanation of the Tang “Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching” (1644)
	‎Contents
	‎Preface
	‎Abbreviations
	‎Figures
	‎Introduction
		‎Chapter 1. A Venerable Ancestor: The Appropriation of Tang Christianity by Jesuit Missionaries and Chinese Converts
			‎1. The Context: The Tang Christian Stele and Its Interpretations
			‎2. The Precious Stele: A Foundation Stone for the Seventeenth-Century China Mission
			‎3. The Holy Crosses: The Xi’an Stone Confirmed by Other Ancient Traces of Christianity in China
		‎Chapter 2. A Multi-Level Commentary: The Correct Explanation of the Tang “Stele Eulogy on the Luminous Teaching” by Manuel Dias Jr.
			‎1. Between Interpretation, Instruction, and Apology: The Contents
			‎2. A Complex Work with a Long Life: The Structure, Editions, and Reprints
			‎3. The Man behind the Text: The Author
	‎Annotated Translation
		‎Preliminary Note on the Translation
	‎Appendix 1. “After Reading the Stele Inscription of the Luminous Teaching” (Du jingjiao beishu hou 讀 景 教 碑 書 後, 1625)
	‎Appendix 2. “Stele Inscription for the Church of the Luminous Teaching” (Jingjiaotang beiji 景 教 堂 碑 記, between 1625 and 1627)
	‎Appendix 3. “A Clarification about an Iron Cross” (Tie shizi zhu 鐵 十 字 著, 1627)
	‎Appendix 4. “Preface to the Stele with a Cross Unearthed in Wurong” (Wurong chudi shizijia beixu 武 榮 出 地 十 字 架 碑 序, 1633)
	‎Appendix 5. “A Poem in Honor of Giulio Aleni, s.j.” (late Ming dynasty)
	‎Appendix 6. “Outline of the Orthodox Way of the Lord of Heaven” (Tianzhu zhengdao jielüe 天 主 正 道 解 略, 1644)
	‎Appendix 7. “A Study of the Luminous Teaching” (Jingjiao kao 景 教 考, ca. 1644)
	‎Bibliography
	‎Index