This book reconstructs the life of a Jesuit missionary in a small island residence in China (Ch'ang-shu, Suchou Prefecture), primarily but not exclusively on the basis of the evidence of a newly rediscovered private account book covering the period from October 1674 to May 1676.
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Account Book, Sie Chao, Father Couplet, Blessed Virgin, Suchou Prefecture, New Year, Fum Yen, Yang Kuang-hsien, Porter Smith, Material Culture, Social Life, Francis Xavier, Means of Propagation, Philippe Couplet, Conspectus Litterarum, Novus Atlas Sinensis, Cheu Nien, Chinese Materia Medica, Rationes Acceptorum, Grand Canal, Xin Jem, Chia-hsing Prefecture, Cum Paulus, Saint Francis, Yeh Meng-chu Browse Sample Pages:
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