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A Chinese Jesuit CatechismTranslation of Giulio Aleni’s Sizijingwen 四字經文 (Four Character Classic)

A Chinese Jesuit Catechism: Translation of Giulio Aleni’s Sizijingwen 四字經文 (Four Character Classic) [This chapter provides a new English translation of the celebrated Chinese Catholic children’s primer, the Three Four Classic (Sizijingwen 四字經文), published in the seventeenth century by the Italian Jesuit missionary, Giulio Aleni. Aleni’s children’s primer not only served to teach young Chinese children how to read, but it sought also to impart the fundamental historical and doctrinal beliefs of Catholic Christianity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Chinese Jesuit CatechismTranslation of Giulio Aleni’s Sizijingwen 四字經文 (Four Character Classic)

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
ISBN
978-981-15-9623-0
Pages
63 –90
DOI
10.1007/978-981-15-9624-7_3
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter provides a new English translation of the celebrated Chinese Catholic children’s primer, the Three Four Classic (Sizijingwen 四字經文), published in the seventeenth century by the Italian Jesuit missionary, Giulio Aleni. Aleni’s children’s primer not only served to teach young Chinese children how to read, but it sought also to impart the fundamental historical and doctrinal beliefs of Catholic Christianity.]

Published: Jan 10, 2021

Keywords: Catechism; Confucian education; Children’s education; Primers; Literacy

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