Body, Filial Piety and Rites: Xia Dachang as a Chinese Perspective on the Rites Controversy
The Chinese Rites Controversy (c.1643-1724) marked the most significant rupture in seventeenth- to eighteenth-century Sino-European relations. Fourteen Chinese Roman Catholics on the fringes of political and cultural circles, neither a part of the state authorities nor influential literati, defended...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Studies in church history
Year: 2025, Volume: 61, Pages: 405-418 |
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| Summary: | The Chinese Rites Controversy (c.1643-1724) marked the most significant rupture in seventeenth- to eighteenth-century Sino-European relations. Fourteen Chinese Roman Catholics on the fringes of political and cultural circles, neither a part of the state authorities nor influential literati, defended the legitimacy of Chinese rites. Among them, Xia Dachang grounded his analysis on an exhaustive study of the Confucian "Book of Rites" (Liji). This article, focusing on Xia's treatises, proposes a novel approach to reassessing the Controversy by analysing the role of the human body in Neo-Confucianism. It aims to reveal previously overlooked yet essential aspects of the debates: the Neo-Confucian conception of the human "being" and the interconnectivity between external physical presence and actions, and internal moral values. |
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| ISSN: | 2059-0644 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/stc.2024.45 |
