Thierry Meynard, S.J., is professor in the Department of Philosophy and director of the Archive for the Introduction of Western Knowledge at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Prior book publications in English include: The Jesuit Reading of Confucius (2015), The Religious Philosophy of Liang Shuming (2011), Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (2011), and co-authored with Dawei Pan, A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature by Giulio Aleni (2020), and with Sher-shiueh Li, Jesuit Chreia in Late Ming China (2014). Daniel Canaris is Associate Professor in the Xue-Heng Institute for Advanced Studies at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. After receiving his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2017, he has held fellowships in Germany, England and the United States. His first monograph, Vico and China, was published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series.

“This book is the first detailed study of Niccolò Longobardo’s (1565–1654) Brief Response, a controversial and explosive report that changed the history of the Jesuit China mission. … This book offers unique insights into the early modern debate over the translatability of thought and is suitable for specialists and those interested in the history of Christianity in China and the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West in general.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2023)

• The genesis, editions and translations of Longobardo’s treatise.- The identification of Chinese non-Christian literati and reflections on the dating of the Resposta breve and its place of composition.- Longobardo’s scholastic critique of Ricci’s accommodation of Confucianism.- Longobardo’s reading of Song Confucianism.- Philological note.- A brief response to the controversies over Shangdi 上帝, tianshen 天神, and linghun 靈魂.

Thierry Meynard, S.J., is professor in the Department of Philosophy and director of the Archive for the Introduction of Western Knowledge at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Prior book publications in English include: The Jesuit Reading of Confucius (2015), The Religious Philosophy of Liang Shuming (2011), Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (2011), and co-authored with Dawei Pan, A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature by Giulio Aleni (2020), and with Sher-shiueh Li, Jesuit Chreia in Late Ming China (2014). Daniel Canaris is Associate Professor in the Xue-Heng Institute for Advanced Studies at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. After receiving his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2017, he has held fellowships in Germany, England and the United States. His first monograph, Vico and China, was published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series.

“This book is the first detailed study of Niccolò Longobardo’s (1565–1654) Brief Response, a controversial and explosive report that changed the history of the Jesuit China mission. … This book offers unique insights into the early modern debate over the translatability of thought and is suitable for specialists and those interested in the history of Christianity in China and the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West in general.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2023)

• The genesis, editions and translations of Longobardo’s treatise.- The identification of Chinese non-Christian literati and reflections on the dating of the Resposta breve and its place of composition.- Longobardo’s scholastic critique of Ricci’s accommodation of Confucianism.- Longobardo’s reading of Song Confucianism.- Philological note.- A brief response to the controversies over Shangdi 上帝, tianshen 天神, and linghun 靈魂.

Thierry Meynard, S.J., is professor in the Department of Philosophy and director of the Archive for the Introduction of Western Knowledge at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Prior book publications in English include: The Jesuit Reading of Confucius (2015), The Religious Philosophy of Liang Shuming (2011), Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (2011), and co-authored with Dawei Pan, A Brief Introduction to the Study of Human Nature by Giulio Aleni (2020), and with Sher-shiueh Li, Jesuit Chreia in Late Ming China (2014). Daniel Canaris is Associate Professor in the Xue-Heng Institute for Advanced Studies at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. After receiving his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2017, he has held fellowships in Germany, England and the United States. His first monograph, Vico and China, was published in the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series.

“This book is the first detailed study of Niccolò Longobardo’s (1565–1654) Brief Response, a controversial and explosive report that changed the history of the Jesuit China mission. … This book offers unique insights into the early modern debate over the translatability of thought and is suitable for specialists and those interested in the history of Christianity in China and the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West in general.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2023)

• The genesis, editions and translations of Longobardo’s treatise.- The identification of Chinese non-Christian literati and reflections on the dating of the Resposta breve and its place of composition.- Longobardo’s scholastic critique of Ricci’s accommodation of Confucianism.- Longobardo’s reading of Song Confucianism.- Philological note.- A brief response to the controversies over Shangdi 上帝, tianshen 天神, and linghun 靈魂.