Michele Ruggieri’s Tianzhu shilu (The True Record of the Lord of Heaven, 1584)

Daniel Canaris received his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney in 2017 and is a DECRA Research Fellow in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney. He has published widely on Sino-Western cultural exchange, including Vico and China (Voltaire Foundation, 2020).

'This annotated translation establishes a new milestone in scholarship on Michele Ruggieri, co-founder of the Jesuit China mission. Through a painstaking and judicious analysis of sources in multiple European and Asian languages, Canaris unveils many previously unknown or underappreciated facets of Ruggieri’s journey, character, missionary approach, and Sinological scholarship.'Qiong Zhang, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Wake Forest University

• AbbreviationsList of FiguresIntroductionDaniel Canaris1 Rediscovering Ruggieri2 The Composition of the Tianzhu shilu3 Tianzu shilu and the Catechism Genre4 The Reception of the Tianzu shilu5 The Revised Edition Published under the Vice-Provincial Francisco Furtado6 This Present Edition and TranslationThe Life of Michele RuggieriWang Huiyu 王慧宇 and Daniel Canaris1 Before China2 China3 Ruggieri’s Return to EuropeCritical Edition of the True Record of the Lord of Heaven 新編西竺國天主實錄 / The Newly Revised True Record of the Lord of Heaven from Western India天主實錄引 / Preface to the True Record of the Lord of Heaven新編西竺國天主實錄目錄 / Contents of the Newly Revised True Record of the Lord of Heaven from Western India新編天主實錄真有一位天主 / Chapter 1: There Truly Is One Lord of Heaven天主事情 / Chapter 2: Attributes of the Lord of Heaven觧釋世人冐認天主 / Chapter 3: Explanation of People’s Misconceptions about the Lord of Heaven天主制作天地人物 / Chapter 4: The Creation of the World天人啞噹章 / Chapter 5: The Angels and Adam論人魂不滅大異禽獸 / Chapter 6: Discussion on How the Immortal Human Soul (renhun 人魂) Differs from the Animal Soul觧釋魂歸四䖏 / Chapter 7: Explanation of the Four Places Where the Soul Goes自古及今天主止有降其規誡三端 / Chapter 8: The Lord of Heaven Has Only Sent Down His Law on Three Occasions from Antiquity to This Day天主賦人第三次之規誡 / Chapter 9: The Commandments That the Lord of Heaven Gave to People the Third Time觧釋第三次與人規誡事情 / Chapter 10: Explanation of the Third Law Given to People觧釋人當誠信天主事實 / Chapter 11: Explanation of the Truths about the Lord of Heaven That People Must Earnestly Believe天主十誡 / Chapter 12: The Ten Commandments of the Lord of Heaven觧釋第一面碑文 / Chapter 13: Explanation of the First Side of the Tablet觧釋天主第二碑文中有七條事情 / Chapter 14: Explanation of the Seven Commandments on the Other Side of the Tablet觧釋僧道誠心修行升天之正道 / Chapter 15: Explanation of the Orthodox Way Preached by the Monk for Earnest Ascetic Practice and Ascending to Heaven觧釋淨水除前罪 / Chapter 16: Explanation of How Cleansing Water Removes SinVera et brevis divinarum rerum expositio / True and Brief Exposition of Divine ThingsPROOEMIUM / IntroductionIndex Capitum / Index of ChaptersCAPUT PRIMUM. Ostenditur unum esse Deum / Demonstration That God Is OneCAPUT SECUNDUM. De divinis virtutibus / On the Divine VirtuesCAPUT TERTIUM. Declarantur huiusmodi errores circa Dei cognitionem / Proclamation of the Errors about the Knowledge of GodCAPUT QUARTUM. Agitur de his quae pertinent ad Deum omnium creatorem, et disseritur de rerum creatione / On the Things That Pertain to God as Creator of All Things and on the Creation of the WorldCAPUT QUINTUM. Agitur de eventu angelorum, et primorum parentum / On the Fall of the Angels and of the First ParentsCAPUT SEXTUM. Ostenditur animum esse immortalem / Demonstration That the Soul Is ImmortalCAPUT SEPTIMUM. Agitur de ijs quae pertinent ad Deum legislatorem et quoties lex divina promulgata fuerit / About Those Things Pertaining to God as Legislator and How Many Times the Divine Law Has Been PromulgatedCAPUT OCTAVUM. Prosequitur Christianus tertiae legis divinae promulgationem, et Deum assumpsisse naturam humanam exponit / The Christian Continues the Proclamation of the Third Divine Law and Explains That God Assumed Human NatureCAPUT NONUM. De articulis fidei / On the Articles of FaithCAPUT DECIMUM. De christianae legis mandatis / On the Commandments of the Christian LawCAPUT UNDECIMUM. De Consilijs a Christo propositis / On the Counsels Proposed by ChristCAPUT DUODECIMUM. De Sacramentis a Christo institutis / On the Sacraments Instituted by ChristCAPUT DECIMUMTERTIUM. Agitur de Deo quatenus remunerator est / On God as RedeemerAppendix: True Record of the Holy Religion of the Lord of Heaven天主聖敎實錄總目 / Contents of “A True Record of the Holy Religion of the Lord of Heaven”天主聖性章 / Chapter 7: Divine Nature of the Lord of Heaven解釋魂歸五所章 / Chapter 8: The Five Places Where Souls Return解釋人當誠信天主事實章 / Chapter 11: Explanation of the Truths about the Lord of Heaven That People Must BelieveBibliographyIndex