Jesuits and Matriarchs: Domestic Worship in Early Modern China PDF
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JESUITS AND MATRIARCHS JE S UI T S A ND M AT RI A RCH S DOMESTIC WORSHIP IN EARLY MODERN CHINA NADINE AMSLER University of Washington Press Seattle Jesuits and Matriarchs was made possible in part by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation. Support for this publication was also provided by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. The prepress of this publication was funded by the swiss national science foundation. Copyright © 2018 by the University of Washington Press Printed and bound in the United States of Amer i ca Composed in Minion Pro, typeface designed by Robert Slimbach 22 21 20 19 18 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. University of Washington Press www . washington . edu / uwpress Maps by Jennifer Shontz, Red Shoe Design Cover illustration: Woodblock print from João da Rocha’s Rules for Reciting the Rosary (1619). Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data lc record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018011124 isbn 978-0-295-74379-0 (hardcover), isbn 978-0-295-74380-6 (pbk), isbn 978-0-295-74381-3 (ebook) To my parents CONTENTS Acknowl edgments ix Maps xi introduction 3 1. Clothes Make the Man: The Jesuits’ Adoption of Literati Masculinity 13 2. A Kingdom of Virtuous W omen: Jesuit Descriptions of China’s Moral Topography 32 3. A Source of Creative Tension: Literati Jesuits and Priestly Duties 47 4. Strengthening the Marital Bond: The Christianization of Chinese Marriage 67 5. Praying for Progeny: Women and Catholic Spiritual Remedies 87 6. Domestic Communities: Women’s Congregations and Communal Piety 99 7. Sharing Genteel Spirituality: The Female Networks of the Xus of Shanghai 113 8. A Widow and Her Virgins: The Domestic Convents of Hangzhou and Nanjing 128 9. Fabrics of Devotion: Catholic W omen’s Pious Patronage 138 conclusion: Women and Gender in Global Catholicism 152 Glossary 157 Notes 165 Bibliography 217 Index 249 ACKNOWL EDGMENTS This book is the result of a long intellectual journey that also involved a number of physical displacements. Like any traveler, I relied on many people who acted as guides, hosts, or travel mates. I would like to express my gratitude to all of them, even if space only allows for mentioning a few of them by name. I had the fortune to be supported by highly knowledgeable and very generous guides. I would like to thank Christian Windler and Sabine Dabringhaus, who accompanied the book from the initial idea to the final manuscript and provided intellectual guidance and practical advice all along the way. Nicolas Standaert and Eugenio Menegon pushed me hard to think about Chinese Catholicism from a w omen’s perspective. Their mem- orable workshop “The Materiality of Chinese- Western Relations” held in Leuven in 2014 provided me with valuable inputs in a crucial phase of the book’s making. People in many places helped make the journey easier and more fruit- ful. In Zu rich, Wolfgang Behr and Stefan Bumbacher helped to improve my skills in Classical Chinese. Chen Yunü and Chien Jui- yao warmly wel- comed me and enthusiastically supported my proj ect during a research stay in Tainan. Christoph Riedweg, his staff, and the membri at the Istituto Svizzero di Roma made my research stay in Rome an intellectually stimu- lating and socially enjoyable experience. Arndt Brendecke and the staff of the Chair of Early Modern History of the Ludwig- Maximilians- Universität helped to make Munich the perfect place for completing the manuscript. Renate Dürr, Jon Mathieu, Barbara Stollberg- Rilinger, and Antonella Romano gave me the opportunity to discuss the proj ect in their seminars. My thanks also go to my colleagues in the Department of Early Modern History at the University of Bern and in the Department of East Asian His- tory at the University of Freiburg— among them Andreas Affolter, Corina Bastian, Tilman Haug, Alexander Keese, Daniel Sidler, Sören Urbansky, Wang Shuo, and Philipp Zwyssig— for many inspiring conversations and comforting words. ix
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