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Document Details : Title: Wang Zheng's Ultimate Discussion of the Awe of Heaven and Care of Human Beings Author(s): STANDAERT, N. Journal: Orientalia Lovaniensia Periodica Volume: 29 Date: 1998 Pages: 163-188 DOI: 10.2143/OLP.29.0.583569 Abstract : The Chinese Christian scholar Wang Zheng (1571-1644; baptized as Philippe in 1616 or shortly later, but before 1622) is not well known in modern Western studies on Christianity in China. In Chinese studies, however, he has been the focus of renewed attention in recent years. In order to contribute to further studies on Wang Zheng, this article intends to analyse one of his major Christian writings entitled Weitian airen jilun (The Ultimate Discussion of the Awe of Heaven and Care of Human Beings). The title seems to reflect one of the principal reasons why he was attracted to Christianity. The theme appears also in the caption at the beginning of this article: the couplet is Wang's self-description that was placed beside his tomb. |
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